But...but...fat...lazy...fat...
Neither did Laroche's .. It rather depends on how desperate Chicago is to fill the perceived void. I think it's pretty unlikely but ya never know
They're not going to pay $19 million per year to replace a below replacement level player who they just got off the books with another.
They're going to fill it (from what I read) by getting Melky Cabrera out of the OF where his defense is within an area code of Hanley's.
The offensive questions with Sandoval are a sideshow. You look at his peripherals in 2015 and it's pretty clear that he'll bounce back to adequate with the bat.
Well, I'd agree with all of this with the caveat that you don't want to bobble Shaw around too much to the point it might affect him at the plate. Shaw has played all positions, but his most experienced position at this point is 1B, putting him back at third and in front of the Wall is something the coaching staff should monitor carefully. It's great if he's comfortable with it, but some players do better with a fixed routine.
So if/when the time comes, the regular season would be a better time for this "experiment"?
Yes, because Sandoval isn't a hot enough commodity to reel in potential trade partners, they want to perpetuate the notion that he's damaged goods to boost his value more.
Not necessarily, it might be because he's needed as a short (hopefully very short) term fix in which case I would prefer a few reps out there before the need arises. I guess you could just throw him out there a la Youkilis, but again IF this is something being considered lets get him at least a few games out there.
He hasn't shown he can bend over to field a ground ball at an acceptable level. Isn't that part of the job description as well?
You have to give the other GM's a little bit of credit for recognizing what is going on here, no? The fireworks will come when Pablo comes out publicly and says he's either not injured or ready to play and expects to be in the lineup. At least our corner infielders are taking the pressure off everyone else so they can just play without the scrutiny being on them.Yes, because Sandoval isn't a hot enough commodity to reel in potential trade partners, they want to perpetuate the notion that he's damaged goods to boost his value more.
I'm sure the owners/front office would sleep a little better at night should Hanley show to be effective at 1B but I believe the larger (pun intended picture is what really matters to them. The cost of Pablo/Shaw is roughly $20m per and I don't feel it matters where the production comes from at this point whether it's the $19m+ guy or the <$1m guy. It would be MUCH different if we had to go out and spend significant dollars on a Pablo replacement while still eating (pun intended again) the rest of his contract.
I hope Shaw hits and fields so well that we see a Shaw Bobblehead night in the next year or two. If happenstance is that most of his work is at third base because he's not needed at first base where a rejuvenated HanRam is getting most of the work, then so be it. I really used to pull for Sandoval as much as I did for Posey, Pence and Crawford, but too many times now he's shown up fatter than what he can get away with fat self. Left field? F that noise though.
Well, I suppose we can just call him fat and lazy and throw the contract away in defeat, after all that's easier than positing a possible approach to addressing the problem.
Anecdotal quotes =/= symptoms
I agree 100%. I'm guessing they're working him out in left field in non game situations, but with Jet Blue's configuration being similar to Fenway plus the fact that you have split squad games, I'd try to take advantage of those opportunities to get him out there at least a few more times before the season starts.
But the advantage to us is that it gives us time to see if Shaw really can be the answer at third before making the decision to cut and run from Panda.Yes, because Sandoval isn't a hot enough commodity to reel in potential trade partners, they want to perpetuate the notion that he's damaged goods to boost his value more.
Ok, so I'm a just read/never post kind of SOSHer. But on special occasions...
The Giants didn't exactly "let him walk". Their offers to him were reported to be in the same ballpark as the Red Sox, possibly even more (though that might have been the SD offer). It was more that Sandoval walked from them because they were demanding weight clauses and he was peeved that they didn't make enough of an effort to sign him before he got to free agency.
What we were looking for is fat. No, he has hit well at this weight, or what looks like about this weight before with the Giants. He hasn't had enough ABs yet this year yet to determine anything (although he had his worst year hitting last year). What he can't do is play good third base, or even keep from hurting himself when he's at the high end of his weight swings. He's not going to win the DH job, so he is currently useless to the Red Sox. He threw his career away, but baseball is so one sided for the player in contract stuff that he'll be rich anyway.
Yup. In particular you bounce back from injuries so quickly in your earlier 20s. As you get older you actually need rehab and training to ward off injury.
Snadoval is done. They will have to cut him. the only way they get Shields for him means that Shields is done too and they eat all the money. It's better that they just cut Panda and maybe that will wake him up and make hime hire a chef and a trainer and take care of himself. He hasn't hit rock bottom yet.
You think Rusney, Pablo, Hanley, and Porcello can all be 0-2 WAR players. They got a lot of money riding the pine in Boston. But I guess the young guys under control help defray some of the cost. Cherington really didn't know what he was doing, did he?
But not his gut
If true that would lead to a complaint with the MLBPA and a big mess on the Sox' hands.
Try posting some actual content next time. Not just a bad one-liner and an opinion with nothing to back it up.
