I was talking about this last night with the boys after baseball. He came straight from A ball and was the best player in baseball for like a decade. I don't know how old he is, he certainly could be older than he proclaims. It's really sad he couldn't have aged more gracefully. Legendary player.
The defense looked bad, but I'm not going to draw conclusions based on like 5 games in LF this year. I thought reports said he could adequately cover CF (one in awhile as a 4th OF role) and was above average in LF.
I agree, but one factor to consider is Soler is owed $12M after this season ($4M per year until 2020). If you don't think he's going to contribute at the ML level, a team like the Royals would certainly like to rid themselves of that burden.
DSJ passes the eye test (at the plate) for me. I'd like to see him get some playing time down the stretch to see if he could serve as the 4th OF next year. We probably need a trade though to see that happen.
I agree with this. A good GM should be willing to assess a trade based on the current situation (instead of trying to save face from a previous move).
Soler would be a nice lottery ticket for the Jays to get.
That's probably the only reason we're able to get ANYTHING for him at this point. Put him in a playoff race and/or the bullpen and there's real potential that he'll put together a couple amazing months for you.
It's hard being a 3rd base coach these days because players don't take OF practice anymore so you don't get to see who throws the best.
Just ask Buck. He'll tell you.
Players need to realise the umps are wrong 10-15% of the time overall...ehich means they are probably wrong about 30% of the time on close pitches. They should expect missed calls. Some will help them, others will hurt.
That said. Playing baseball my whole life - it's incredibly hard to restrain yourself in the heat of the moment. That's life.