I dont have a problem with any of their personalities.
Lind isn't lazy, he's super slow and there isn't much he can do about that.
Navarro has been busting his fat ass all spring. He's been given a huge opportunity and I doubt he will be dumb enough to take his shot at being the number 1 guy lightly.
Not sure where you were last off season or even 2012 because most of the board knew JPA was a sack of s*** in 2012 and were infuriated that he wasn't traded last off season. in particular I remember how most of us went nuts when JPA came out last off season and said that AA had told him that he wasn't being traded.
so saying people didnt hate him until late last season is being oblivious to reality.
I didn't know we were sharing slots.... everything between 78 and 90 was pretty much taken... no way I see them under 78. So I'll stick with my plus side and hope for the best.
I'll take 91.
I think they will have better luck with health and the offense will make up for many of the bad starts that come. pen will be killer all year, so if they can get ahead they should take it home.
I agree, if the royals have things fall right, they could be very good.
Jays are in that boat as well. if the jays pitching has a healthy year, the Jays could surprise. The D should be great as well as long as they are healthy.
If Jose stays healthy this year he is going to have a monster year. Melky looks like he is going to be a monster too.
this year there are a lot of guys who will be very likeable. it will all be based on how the team does. if they are winning, there wont be much to hate and the love fest will be on.
dont forget Matt Harvey on the list of JPA lovers.
last year JPA had to fight with Bonifacio for hate last year. both were hyper arrogant for being so bad at their jobs.
teams cant kill their poster boy. that's just bad media management. for better or worse they have to ride Bautista out. he's been sold as the leader and Rogers has spent millions in the publicity so they wont turn that into negative press.
hard for them to bail on a guy the entire Rogers machine has pimped to the Canadian public for too long. he's been built up in the media as the messiah and I'm not sure how they could portray him as bad for the team without it being a black mark on the team.
great conspiracy theory and could happen, but only if the team is really struggling and Jose is part of that struggle. if he is hitting .300 and hitting a bomb every 12-15 AB there is nothing they can say that would sound credible.
Jose has looked pretty good this spring. he hasn't been as whiny as he had gotten the past couple of years. that would be a good trend. his whining carried over to other players last year.
it will be interesting to see the back end of some of the insane contracts that have been handed out lately. Pujols will be the team mascot the last years of his contract. I think the same will happen if Cabrera gets this deal.
Goins D will be outstanding. very different from having Bumfiasco playing s***** D to match his pathetic bat.
how well does Goins have to hit for people to accept him?