You’re overestimating the PR impact. The only people who truly care enough aren’t enough to outweigh the impact a front of the line starter on a short term deal brings.
Not having pitched in the majors isn’t an issue. The games most analytical player will be ready. In fact you could argue it’s a positive in his favour.
There’s enough teams that will risk it and once he starts playing again nobody will care. People never do, they’re only outraged by the current thing until the next thing comes along
I agree with you. Really doesn’t matter who because they’re all old and low upside. The appeal is pushing the rest of the guys down on the depth chart
I don’t think they’ll add but it would be nice in a perfect world.
I don’t think they will, but I’d love to bring in one more legit starter. Someone who has actually done it before. Kluber, Wacha, Miley, Greinke, Cueto
You speak in absolutes way too often
For all we know their “proprietary systems” think Kikuchi is trash now.
Carlos makes a good point that there really aren’t any signs we can point to that would indicate future success for either of them. Neither of them were good in 2022.
You hope that the staff can fix them but if they can’t they’re hardly depth, they’re just cannon fodder.