poppysox

Palka lost his exit velocity when he lost the weight.

His numbers have become pretty pedestrian. He isn't worth much more than your suggested Dunning / Sheets offer IMO. Boston & NY players get hyped beyond reality very often.

2 WAR type of player would solve massive hole. Would work but could probably do better.

I'm referring to our lousy history with signing NL sluggers.

Like everything about him except National League background.

When he is going good he pitches with aggression and is anxious to get after it. Going slow he totally loses that I'm in charge attitude pitchers need. Gio for example doesn't slow down to a crawl when he's in a jam.

He has reverted to his slow down the game mode. Just hate pitchers who do that. Fulmer does the same thing. The more they pitch like crap the slower they go.

Looked bad on three different plays and it's only half over. I'll take Engel thanks.

No...I expected him to be like Garcia is playing tonight.

I have said before that he is better IMO than what I expected. He has caught the routine stuff and actually thrown in a few surprisingly good catches. Eloy defense is very low on my worry list.

Yes.

Thanks for the feedback.

Yolmer & Garcia are fixtures in the every day lineup. Both really well suited to be bench pieces.

Thanks for the complete answer. He seemed a possible fit at age 28 and wouldn't cost a ton. I put on my rose colored classes and see him loving Chicago and our Cuban connection. I would like to fill this and the DH position through free agency rather than trade. Only cost money not prospects. Puig and Grandal seem to be good fits so far as age, our needs and probable cost.

What don't you like about Puig? Just trying to understand where people are coming from. Seems like others share that view.

He looks to be figuring it out.

I would hope we all feel that way.

Looks more like preparing for a good offseason.

Need rest after a long season. We will see them in mid to late April.

The Cubs will turn him into prospects in another year. This is where you end up anytime Boras is your agent.

He looks like a different hitter compared to the overmatched kid we saw earlier.

Hard to argue with the need to do some final fine tuning before being brought up.?

Who are the 3 underachievers? Robert named twice so I presume you mean 2-3 underachievers. I personally am happy where all 7 players are in their development.

I'd be mad.

Especially great game for those we want to have a great game.