Trying to change him a lot I agree. He can do that himself by being a little more selective and in time I believe he will do that by maturing as he logs time.
Mazara would be a whole lot cheaper to extend than either of them.
Darvish didn't seem to have too much of a problem staying healthy in Japan with all of those pitches. I am wondering if having that many pitches is too much outside of the box for this league and they are looking for an excuse to make him more mainstream. This league doesn't really appreciate those who are outside of the box a lot of times. By league I don't mean those in charge of the league, but the prevailing thought across all of MLB including our team.
I sure hope they don't mess this up by trying to force Rua, Profar and DeShields all into the lineup and thus make each of them get less playing time. I would have rather them keep DeShields hot at AAA until we need him due to injuries to other players. I also wouldn't mind him being traded for something we might need in another area.
He has mainly had TJ surgery and a few stiff necks. The TJ bug hits a whole lot of pitchers who only throw 2 or 3 pitches.
It sure seems like he is making more contact this spring.
