It's really f***ing hard to make comebacks or extend leads when your offense, which is engineered to create open looks from three, can't make open shots.
CJ Miles is a legitimate cut candidate at this point, he has one skill and it's not working at all right now, he's not even shooting at an even below average rate now, it's awful. Also, Kawhi Leonard is really f***ing good.
This is like being upset that a closer is put in a non-save situation, it shouldn't matter at all. It's stupid that it has arbitration considerations because those guys only look at wins and saves and holds, but other than that I really don't see any downside to it.
Lol I could see that, but I would've also thought someone like Kyle Bird would be a guy for them. Seems like they were grooming him for an opener role with 6 "starts" this year, he racked up the strikeouts.
Really like that for Texas and the A's. The Rangers give up the best player but get an intriguing prospect in Burke and some lottery tickets, and the A's get a very good player who can play all over the diamond and has two more years of cheap arbitration.
Why would the Cubs want him? They have Baez who's a much better defender and they tendered Addison Russell a contract, who is also better than current Tulo.
Why does it matter if we trade them or not to evaluate this signing? You can never have enough pitching, at the projected price tag it could be a good signing regardless.
I actually agree with you but I can see why teams would be weary of giving a guy like him the third year. Most likely the Rangers break even and they'll be fine with that, but there is some surplus value upside there and it's not a ridiculous gamble to take.
That's way too expensive for us and a lot of other teams. The Red Sox giving 4/68 to Eovaldi and now the Yankees 3/51 to Happ, they're playing in a different park than the majority of the league with these contracts.
The Yankees are far from done this offseason, they are going to have a real powerhouse next season and beyond. The evil empire is back.