They can make themselves look much better if they make good trades with Beltre, Hamels and maybe another player or two. We shall see how it unfolds.
How could anyone expect much from him. Other than a reputation for putting the barrel on the ball he has little time in LF. I never thought he would start this year and he will have to prove he can play defense as well as hit the ball and he hasn't done either in MLB for any length of time. I do think he will develop in time with fair playing time in the minors.
I just want them to be moving in the right direction. They need to make use of whatever veteran assets they have to help prepare for 2020 and beyond. Part of that includes finding out about some young guys. They obviously believe they can't win it all this year or their commitment to salary for 2018 wouldn't be so far under last year's budget. I just want to see them take the other logical steps that go along with that realizarion. That would mean trading veterans by this year's deadline. Had they done that this offseason it certainly wouldn't have been premature considering their budget for this year. If they continue to delay this process beyond this coming trade deadline then I would be very concerned.
That isn't baseball at all. I would hate to see them start doing that at any level in the regular season.
At least they got a really good prospect who is ready to contribute to a big league club in 2018. I hope one or two prospects we acuire at the deadline are ready to contribute at the big league level in 2019. Maybe Julio Martinez will be ready at some point next season as well.
Lost me.
I heard talk about this last year. Don't care for it myself.
Boo himbug No! Nonsense.
If they do this, you will see a lot of bunting. Just leave it alone.
Good point Duane. Leave it alone. That's what happens when changes are made to sports. Opens up more and more changes until the game is no longer what it was.
