you also have to take into consideration that Loney was an everyday player last year, whereas Lind was platooning quite a bit. If Loney was platooning his stats would look a lot better as he is a 220 hitter against lefties.
Very doubtful New York loses Cano and Kuroda, if they do they will be hurting this year. Same goes for Boston, Ellsbury would be a big blow and if Drew goes they got Xander and Middlebrooks on the left side something i wouldn't be to excited about if i was a Boston fan.
Watched him tonight, he's the real deal gets all of his secondaries over for strikes and pounds the zone.
Andy Burns looks like he could be something as well.
You have to give AA cradit for finding good relievers, it's the one thing he's good at. Delabar,Santos,Jeffress,Wagner,Juan, he was also in on Grilli when everyone was like wtf?
The man had a great year, i just can't get some of those terrible terrible throws out of my head.... maybe we can get him on the delabar program and get him throwing a ball through a tire or something, there has go to be improvement there though and if there is watch out.
I think he wants Derosa there to tutor some of the young guys.... but the problem is Derosa shouldn't even be on the field so he's basically another coach taking a roster spot... this is why i don't understand when a guy does a bonehead play he doesn't get benched? That would teach guys just as well as the nice calming presence on the sideline.