Jason La Canfora

The despicable front office of the Houston Astros with zero playoff wins to...

to show for it yeah uh i mean the tide really began turning three four years ago and uh in previous iterations of me in baltimore media i chronicled this on a daily basis and literally pinpointed the moment when it became obvious to me that mike elias and his cronies had no understanding of urgency and no understanding of

When it is time to put your foot down and forget about your master plan and your hugging of prospects and all the things you're doing that will save money for your owners, and you go out there and you get aggressive and you upgrade your major league roster the best way you possibly can and you outmaneuver general managers who actually care about winning.

for the best players available on the market.

And you give your young core what they need to develop.

And, and they did none of that.

And you go back to the 2023 deadline and everything they've done in the off season since, um, and the deadline sense, except for acquire Corbin Burns.

And when they got Corbin Burns, there were two caveats to that one.

They still needed at least one more starting pitcher.

And two, they, they never were going to extend Corbin Burns.

So it was, it was just another rental, um,

They're pretty pathetic.

They don't recalibrate.

They don't self-scout.

They don't hold themselves accountable.

They, you know, Mike Elias speaks once a month.

He throws these ridiculous Ivy League word salads out there, and he makes some faces, and he really wants you to think that this is cutting into the court.

And then he does the same garbage he always does.

He meddles with the lineups.

They don't let young players play all the time.