I think most baseball players don’t take offseason fitness as serious with the exception of someone like Freddie. Guy like Ozuna who’ve already made millions don’t really take care of themselves as much and just go in to spring hoping their skills and talent will carry them at that age.
Run DMC was one of the best runningbacks in CFB I've ever seen. Better than McGehee, Portis, and I'd say even as good as Reggie Bush because Bush had talent around him which let him run wild. McFadden did NOT.
Also, even when the Phillies had that stacked lineup in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The two guys I feared most wasn't Howard or Rollins. It was Utley and Victorino lol
He's at 60% last year I think? So trending up and likely gets in. If for some reason the writers don't then i easilt see him being a Jeff Kent committee guy.
Didn't need Lopez to have a great bat in 2023 when our offense was one of the best in the history of the game.
We have way more question marks coming in to this season offensively. Will Riley rebound to his big contract #'s? Will Ozzie rebound? Will Kim have a really good seaosn. Will Harris...
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But 2023 was the perfect time to use someone like Lopez. We had arguably the most prolific offense in the modern era. Giving someone an off day to rotate Lopez in was the perfect situation when we acquired him.
Hence why I said this will be a test to see if Weiss will actually use Dubon...