I've seen nothing about it either but I would hazard a guess and say yes, he will switch-hit in 2016. He abandoned hitting righty after he was hit by that pitch and the injury affected him more as an RHH than it did as an LHH. Presuming good health, I imagine he'll go back to hitting right-handed against lefties.
An in-shape Pablo should certainly be able to play better defense, and that would be helpful, especially for our LHP.
And one sentence later he said that he does have something to prove ....
and that last year was a disappointment ...
It's almost like writers, who are clever with language, are trying to trick an athlete, who is not clever with language, into saying something that can draw self-righteous indignation from people, thus selling advertisements! Fortunately we here are not gullible enough to be drawn into that sort of thing.
Very good catch/point.
Seems funny how there are no direct quotes showing that he said he had nothing to prove after a disappointing season, and direct quotes showing he said that he did. Weird right?
There are quotes both ways, the point being that writers can not only spin quotes however they want, they can elicit the quotes just about any way that plays into their narratives. A larger point is that quotes that come out of these press conferences are largely bullshit, since they either come from media-savvy athletes who are smart enough to only say innocuous, meaningless things, or they come from media-non-savvy athletes who can get their words twisted however the writers want. And a larger point still is, Who gives a shit if Panda is really sorry for making us sad, or if he's just kind of sorry?
Hanley and Pablo could be 2 of the worst big contract signings in Red Sox history. I don't think it's unfair to put a magnifying glass on them
For some athletes a certain amount of media scrutiny may be helpful as a motivator. How many extra reps in the weight room has the CBH been good for over the years?
"Fuck you you bunch of pendejos. Take your weight questions and shove them up your white yankee asses. I'm not answering any of them except to say, 'I don't look at my weight' so go fuck yourselves and ask Pedey why he didn't grow taller this winter...fucking pajeros..."
Sampo Gida, real world. Real world, this is Sampo Gida. I don't think you two have met before. I'll leave you to get acquainted.
This is my fear.
This should be of no surprise to the Red Sox since he was a fat tub of goo prior to signing him to a 5/$95m contract. There will no voiding of contracts that is silly talk......he doesn't even have a weight clause in his contract so the Red Sox can "request" he lose all the weight they want he isn't contractually obligated to do so.
No need to bring the Yankees into it, I don't think they care how much he weighs. Maybe some morbid curiosity over how much his plate coverage increases over the course of the season though. Maybe they'll get a pool going.
Carl Crawford was signed for about as much money as Hanley and Pablo combined. They're both bad contracts but I think after one year it's impossible to put them in disaster territory already.
Well, maybe not disasters but historically poor so far. See the SoSH thread here in this forum entitled "Making History: Panda and Hanley just had the 2nd and 3rd worst first seasons in free agency history."
Your snark adds nothing to the discussion. There have been several attempts by MLB teams to void player contracts, some of which were partially successful as they did not have to pay the full amount.
