Right
If he had his foot amputated he’d still take the option. He probably gets 20M for one year for sure as a FA so him taking the option is 100% a decision made by him saying there’s nowhere else he’d rather be. Pretty crazy tbh we finished last in the AL East last year
I’m with you I’m not seeing the fit either unless it’s at a drastically reduced cost. He would be great as the fifth starter but obviously that’s the spot thst Berrios is going occupy next season
As it stands today, the American League is wide open. There are no obvious heavy weights and I don’t think that changes after the offseason
Of course making the World Series again would be difficult, but I don’t think it’s some Hail Mary sort of scenario
That’s a fair point about his spray chart. I think in that scenario they’re just controlling the things that they can control. Varsho barrels everything I honestly felt fine giving him that AB and he’s too valuable defensively anyway to take out of the game
Because the upside is limited on that play. Like you’re banking on him either scoring on a wild pitch/passed ball OR you’re going on contact which really doesn’t make sense to me with the infield in and only one out. You have Varsho and Ernie Clement on deck who had just set the league record for hits in a single post season. At the beginning of that AB you like your chances of scoring one if you don’t hit into a double play
Could you imagine the outrage if IKF got doubled up on a ball smoked at Muncy?
These things aren’t new. These players have been playing the same game their entire lives. Bases loaded less than two outs you’re guarding against getting doubled off. It is in the Baseball 101 book
Part of what makes that play as close as it was was that Rojas ends up on his heels making that play taking a split second longer to transfer
That’s how I look at it too. It’s the most obvious spot to make an impact move and we are extremely fortunate Yesavage broke out this month ahead of the offseason. I’d be fine with one year of Freddy Peralta honestly
Looking at the lineup and there really isn’t much room to do anything right now aside from adding one bat which many want are hoping is Bo
There are so many arms available
King, Cease, Gallen, Valdez, Lopez, Ryan, Peralta, Gray, Bieber
With a lockout looming and some of these teams acting like their SNAP got cut off
Have to be aggressive in the upper echelon
I’m not going to lie I haven’t watched a moment of any baseball coverage since Saturday night
I scroll past it on X and I canceled my Sportsnet plus subscription lol
Are we even sure Chris Bassitt is a guy you want to commit to as a reliever on a FA contract? Half of the reason he started getting innings was because he was throwing strikes and Schneids had no one else to turn to
No you aren’t comprehending
nobody gives a s*** that you’re coming here to cry about Ross Atkins. What sort of daddy issues are you suppressing for that to be your immediate reaction
The Jays had never seen Yama before, now they’re seeing him for the second time this week. I know the same was true for the Dodgers and Yesavage but it is still advantage hitters in this instance
Not sure when I joined the MLB forum but it would’ve been mid 00’s. Was just thinking today how “our” message board has been through now 3 migrations and here we are a win away from the World Series