The season was not supposed to play out like this. Four seasons of terrible baseball was supposed to lead to an improvement this season to offer hope for the near future. Before the season, Dayton Moore expected progress.
“It’s time for a lot of our guys to start taking some steps forward,” Moore said. “… Of course, we want to play in October. That’s the mindset of [Matheny] and the coaching staff, and this group of players. For that to take place, we are going to need a lot of our players to step up and become more consistent, and do some of the little things that you have to do to win Major League Baseball games.