I don't think. I think the organization is in fine shape. Just not the team on the field right now. It's a long slog to even .500 and I just think this team has too many holes in the lineup. Frankly, I'm glad it's going this bad. I hope it forces the hand of management.
The Jays are better then their record. but really only a .500 team. I'm kind of glad how the season is going, because it kinda forces the team into rebuilding. God, at least I hope it does.
You are god damn right it is. What MJ did, is incredibly hard to do. Relative to other baseball players it looks bad, but to be at the top of one sport and have the courage to just go try another like that is incredible. And he he was good for the little amount of prep and time off he had.
I haven't followed this off season hardly at all. I really felt the team was going to have a bad year this year. Now I just don't have the knowledge to make the prediction. So I ask. Is this years team better then last years?
This contract had disaster written all over it. But that isn't some bold proclamation on my part. It seems a decent majority of contracts of that type end in disaster status. Maybe I'm wrong.
It seemed, just observing while he was in TO that even when he was rolling, I was always thought that he just didn't have the stuff to be near as dominant as he aged and lost a few ticks on the fastball.
750k I think it was. Half gone with taxes, agent fees ect. Probably spent 100k the day after he got it. And then lived high in college for the last 3 years or so. For a young guy that never had money, I doubt there would be any chance much of that survives.
People forget. EE was almost out of the league 5 years ago. Now he's going to make 65 million more dollars. Great for him. And frankly, I'm fine with it. EE will never be for Cleveland what he was for us. 34,35,36 you are in decline.
Teams must be getting tired of getting killed on these bug deals. Pujols, Fielder, Hamilton and so many others. They are just getting killed on them. I think teams are starting to smarten up.
I wonder if they could just give him 3 innings each game, every 5 days. Start the game with a solid pen arm. Go two innings. Then let this dude do his solid 3. Or just have a pitching DH, that's not that much extra.
If I were him I would want to start. But if I did, maybe only after securing some more money. Take an offer to make 35 or 40 million untill you are 30, then you can more afford to go into the more uncharted territory of starting.
Ryan McBroom had like 7 rbi's on Monday. I don't care if this sounds stupid.... but I honestly think he could hit better then Justin Smoak right now. That's more of a comment of how truly awful I think Smoak is.
I can see Zeke leading off and maybe Travis 9th. Just for this game though. Zeke has been ok in the leadoff spot and I expect Travis to be a bit behind at the plate. I suspect Zeke gets the nod.