Last edited by clvclv; 03-13-2019 at 06:09 AM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
jpx7 (03-12-2019)
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
I don’t see Haniger now that Nick is signed. He will not be a bench player (at least this year). I think the ship has sailed on any outfield upgrades unfortunately...especially with Pache showing some offensive promise.
When interviewed the other day, Nick was talking about them wanting him to take a few days off (and not play every day). You could tell he plans to play every day they don’t force him to rest.
Nick should be accepting the fact that he's now a 130 to 140 game starter and not the iron man he sees himself as. My guess is Duvall or someone else they bring in will get those other starts.
My hope for Anthopoulos is that he wouldn't do anything stupid and the only signing I really don't like is bringing back McCann as soon as he did instead of waiting for the Grandal market to shake out. Signing McCann wasn't a bad move (probably decent value), but it's not a clear upgrade from Suzuki.
jpx7 (03-13-2019)
JohnAdcox (03-14-2019)
If you look at the teams that are very likely to be sellers (such as the Orioles, Marlins, Royals, etc) there is little to pick from. But there is the next tier of teams (Reds, Diamondbacks, Pirates, Mariners, etc) that I call marginal contenders. Over half of those teams are going to be sellers. We will have to wait to see which ones are in fact sellers. But we should be able to upgrade corner outfield, catcher, starting and relief pitching and really just about any position if that is what we need. And we should be able to do multiple upgrades.
Last edited by nsacpi; 03-13-2019 at 08:33 AM.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I don't mind him starting most of the games in RF, but his second half slide showed him wearing down. I was hoping they would sign a legitimate RHH OF to spell Markakis because I think Duvall falls into the category of players that needs to play every day to be productive and that won't be happening in Atlanta in 2019. Marwin Gonzalez doesn't eat up LHP, but I thought someone in that vein would have been a decent addition because he could log significant time in the OF.
JohnAdcox (03-14-2019)
If Haniger is available at the deadline and AA let’s having Markakis pass on him then he should be fired. Markakis shouldn’t in any way keep the team from upgrading the OF if we are still in it.
Last edited by nsacpi; 03-13-2019 at 09:04 AM.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
despite what they said, i think the mariners would have moved Haniger this offseason if they got what they were asking. but they didn't feel they needed to, so had some leverage. when they're out of it by the deadline, i suspect they'll try and push to move him. but there will be a lot of teams in for his services. if AA balked at the price this offseason, he will really balk at it mid-season.
but i think all of this is moot unless nick ****s the bed. he may be platooned, but there's almost no way he's benched otherwise. i don't expect him to **** the bed, so i don't expect AA to seek a full-time OF.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
jpx7 (03-13-2019)
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?