That was true but someone messed up somewhere because the guy was passed around like a bag of hot potatoes. When he got to Baltimore they stuck with him and the guy has produced last year and so far this. I am not sure what they saw that we didn't. He had just over 190 ABs in 3 seasons. Last year he had 550. It's one of the reasons I like for us to be careful on giving up on young talent too soon. I don't want to mention any names but you give up on a guy within 1 year you may have an Adrian Gonzalez fiasco who got 206 ABs in 2 years. As soon as he became full time with the Padres he kicked butt. None of this you are our guy some of the time.
Nelson Cruz was not a hard one to figure out.
I really do not think they will extend him. If it wasn't for his current contract I actually think Odor would be sitting on the pine more often.
That is why I wanted us to rebuild for the last several years. You have to bring young guys up and give them more than a few weeks at a time to succeed. You have to stick with them a couple of years or more sometimes. Instead, we bring a guy ip and sit him on the bench and play him intermittently. That hardly ever works out.
Not at all, and we had more than one opportunity to sign him.
Lol. Go back and read posts from 2013. Of course back then, the other side of the JD Fanclub playbook said to tell everyone that they can't possibly know that Cruz is going tobe worth the money and he most likely will not be. It is always that argument until it turns into the hindsight argument. The cycle of comments never fails to live up to expectations.
Do not hate the guy. Think about it and be honest. He was given an outlandish extension no fault of his own. Was a terrible mistake by the owners but you can not blame Oder for that. Yes he should have shown better results for their generosity but he can't. The guy had shown signs of being a great one alright but it was never to be because he had played over his head and now there is absolutely nothing to be done except to buy him out and that will likely not happen. Hating Oder because of owners ignorance is something not warranted in my opinion. Think it over friend. You are better than HATE.The big stink will always be in the damn lineup.
it sucks because I hate his guts now and root for the pitcher to get him out.
I have no doubt about it. They will not. In fact they are hurting this team beyond repair for not buying out his contract. I hate to see us spend enormous dollars on big name players just to see Oder holding us back. He will be a black eye on the team until he is gone.
Honestly thought of him as a good UIF very good defensively
We have had this discussion multiple times. Did seattle mess up too? How about Baltimore?@Crawler?
