I think the Olson stuff is one of two things, either the A's leaking a bogus rumor to drive up Olson's price or else the Braves leaking that to try to pressure Freeman to concede something in the negotiations.
I think the Olson stuff is one of two things, either the A's leaking a bogus rumor to drive up Olson's price or else the Braves leaking that to try to pressure Freeman to concede something in the negotiations.
Pure conjecture on my part, but I wonder if there's something more than simply performance here. He did alright until the last couple of weeks of the season, but he wasn't on any of the post-season rosters and didn't take part in the celebration. Something just doesn't fit right.
clvclv (11-30-2021)
jpx7 (11-30-2021)
mossy (11-30-2021)
50PoundHead (11-30-2021), jpx7 (11-30-2021)
Kind of surprised they are keeping Newcomb around but he's projected to make next to nothing
jpx7 (11-30-2021)
jpx7 (11-30-2021)
clvclv (11-30-2021)
I've kind of wondered whether it wouldn't be mutually beneficial for MLB and the PA to come up with some kind of negotiated solution to sticky stuff. You had hitters saying they wanted the pitchers to know where the ball was going, pitchers who said it had gone too far, etc. Just approve something that makes sense? Although it didn't really seem like there was a huge explosion of wild pitches and HBPs, so the whole grip argument could have been justification.