It was basically over for me at least that long ago.
in addition to all the problems raised here, I think there's one more that's seldom heard. That being the relative lack of quality organizational depth at the higher levels of the minors. You can say all you want about Kiriloff, Larnach, and the like, but who did they have after that? Just AAAA players and organizational "depth". That's not going to cut it at this level. Not this year nor any other year.