"Nothing left on the 40 man" isn't an excuse for the frontoffice, it's a condemnation.
Rocco's pretzel logic on the pitching moves leaves me shaking my head. "Well, we couldn't keep up with the changing game situation." That's literally your job...in fact, it's to be AHEAD of the game situation. You "put your players in the best chance to succeed" by thinking ahead. Not by reaction to events.