Your Edit shows a key point that a lot of people overlook. If we brought back Avi and he got hurt and/or struggled, people would be complaining that we didn't give playing time to a guy like Cordell to see what we had in him. There is so much hindsight bias when it comes to evaluating decisions by our front office.
And I'm not saying the front office hasn't been bad at times, because they have. But people want to just complain about everything.
Of course. I’d want another bat and another arm as well. But if you had the option to take only those three right now, you would decline it and let the off-season play out as it may?
What if the only three free agents we signed were Calhoun, Cole, and Abreu? Would you guys be happy? In other words, if you could lock that in right now, would you?
Yes, it’s a very strange rule. The one thing I never knew until recently is that a runner isn’t automatically out when a batted ball hits him. If the ball had the opportunity to pass an infielder first (like if the infielders were playing in), then the runner is not out.
And the 8 and 9 hitters will be replaced with Robert and Madrigal next year. That’s a solid lineup, even without any additions. Throw in one or two free agents, and we have ourselves a legit offense.
Players have a few days after the World Series ends to make a decision on opting out, right? Do they have secret conversations with teams before that to see whether it's worth it to opt out?
In five years from now, when people ask who won the Chris Sale trade, the correct answer will be JD Martinez. He will have won a World Series in Boston with Sale and one in Chicago with Moncada/Kopech.
I appreciate the info. Some people will complain no matter what, even when they are not privy to what actually goes on behind the scenes. Thanks for posting this.
If Stone is a mouthpiece (which is debatable), how do we know he wasn’t told to say that to avoid the let down that Machado caused?
But either way, I don’t think anybody is expecting Cole.
What do you think the chances are that we sign at least one of the following players?...
Cole, Rendon, Ozuna, Grandal, Bumgarner, Wheeler, JDM, Castellanos, Strasburg, Betances