I’m sure he wouldn’t have, but to not even try is inexcusable and in line with the effort he’s given far too much the second half of last year and this year.
He went from an All-Star and one of the faces of baseball to arguably the worst player in the game seemingly overnight. Skin color should have nothing to do with the criticism he’s received.
No, this team needs to rebuild with the returns for Crochet, Robert and Fedde. I don’t care about Benintendi on the books the next few years, as they’re going to be god awful anyways.
It makes me nervous including Benintendi (and lessening the return for Robert or Crochet) because there’s no guarantee at all they use the savings on player acquisition.