If you weigh 350 lbs, there's no possible way you're in good shape unless you're like 7 ft tall and look like a prime Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kirk is definitely overweight, but he doesn't appear to be gassed after running the bases or squatting behind the plate during a long inning. He's just slow as hell. Losing some weight would help a little, but he's never going to be an average runner even he was like 180 lbs.
So heading into the all-star break, every team in the AL East is at least 5 games over .500 and all five teams have winning records both at home and on the road. I'm curious if that's ever happened before in any division?
How crazy is it that if the playoffs were to start today, 3 AL East teams would be in (at least the wildcard) and none of them would be the Yankees or Red Sox?
Could you imagine Schneider with Roger Clemens on the mound? Clemens would be around 120 pitches and look like he was ready to tear the manager's head off his shoulders if he even approached him.
FFS, these kind of pitching changes really tick me off. He's under 90 pitches in the first game of a double header. This is where you push him, not where you pull him early.
That's a good question. Do we make separate picks for each game tomorrow, or one pick for both games (in that case, does it count as one game for the weekly limits or two)?
A couple high end relievers would be nice, but otherwise I don't think we really need to add anything. The team is ready, we just need a few guys to snap out of their funks and go on a bit of a run. A new hitting coach might be the biggest upgrade we could make.