That’s a good point I hadn’t considered. Makes them back to the Jays and Cubs respectively even more likely. I could see Rogers giving them the go ahead even though I took dean’s side earlier in the offseason. The longer it goes the more likely a one year deal at the QO price might get it done.
Agreed. The approach seemed too Cleveland esque to me where the emphasis is on contact. f***in let it rip a little fellas pull that ball in the air and hope for the best
Although that seemed like Varsho’s approach so who knows
At this point I don’t even think he’s holding out for a massive deal, I don’t think teams are offering him the length he wants. Nobody really needs a 3B bad enough to give him 5+ years. Most teams are probably like we’ll give you 3 but that’s it
Honestly how is that even possible? Is there zero quality control or what’s the deal? I can go to sport Chek and buy a pair of under armour pants and they will look 100x better than this
If 19 pounds comes from end of season weight to Spring Training weight that isn’t as drastic as it sounds. I don’t know what an MLB player would lose over the course of a season but ten pounds isn’t unreasonable
So if player X was 210 lbs at ST 2023, finished the season at 200 lbs and came into ST 2024 at 219 he could have technically gained 19 lbs but the reality is it’s closer to 10 when you look year over year
You can’t expect it to have 100% success but if you throw a broken guy out there for half a season then decide he needs TJS you’ve effectively lost two seasons instead of one
Question is how much of it is up to the player, because I think he would prefer to try and rehab and rest instead of end his season before it started