donaldson79
former loyal Hoopilist
I don't know if he's even in the rotation after Yu comes back. Seems pricey to me for a guy that has an ERA close to 4.5. I'm hoping Chi Chi keeps progressing and becomes our 5th starter next year.
Here's part of my take on why Colby is damn near a must for us in 2016: Innings.
For 2016, we shouldn't count on Perez, or Darvis for a substantial number of innings. And although I loved what I saw outta Holland just yesterday, I'm "waiting and seeing" on him too.
Chi-Chi has had his moments, but like some wise person said on here seasons ago, "Ya gotta have 10 starters before the season is said and done." Or something like that. haha So leave him at AAA and his time will come. Might come sooner than later too.
And I'm going to talk out of both-sides-of-my-mouth here b/c I'm on record with, "anyone/everyone is trade-able and baseball is a business." But without Colby's contributions this season, there wouldn't be much of a season to be chatting about, IMO. And he's played cheap. Really cheap. So I'm all for rewarding a true trooper, who has shown leadership on/off the mound, and show our younger players, "we're willing to suck it up and reward this behavior."
It's a good message to send throughout the organization. In fact, it's a good message to send throughout baseball.