Except that Thames lacked an above average skill to compensate for the value he gave away in other areas. Bautista may be hard to watch but his positive contributions are very significant.
Still has that arm... That's why he's not necessarily better off at 1B. Would take away the one thing he does well defensively. I think it's pretty much OF or DH.
Yeah basically. If you slide too early, you slow yourself down considerably. That's why it's not really worth trying but it's not impossible to make it work.
I don't think it's that big a deal if he was sincere. If he wasn't then yeah, totally s***** thing. We probably won't know the real story until they are not teammates anymore.
FFS. He hit 40 freakin' homeruns and DH is already occupied. WTF do you want? Dude is a f***in' boss. You should be lickin' the dirt of his cleats, you silly ingrate.
Seriously, f*** Halladay. Guy asks for a trade out of town and practically walks on water with the fans. No one else gets that kind of pass from Toronto fans. f*** that guy. Bottom of my list.
It must be somewhat delicate for those guys to have to call off players with far greater seniority like Tulo or Bautista. I think that might play into it.