Exactly. Grissom was never going to be the SS or a serious option. The glowing reports of his improving defense. I don’t think anyone bought it but they tried
Rodriguez feels possible to me for less years than projected if Atlanta is somewhere he’d really want to be (or anywhere else). If you remove the California teams and maybe a few others, he could end up taking less than he deserves.
I like the Johnson contract a lot, this one not so much. I think Johnson could be a big time weapon based on how he pitched with Atlanta last year. Jimenez was too shaky for me and I don’t see the stuff. I could be wrong.
Funny that some here were saying you need guys throwing 100 out of the pen to win in the playoffs, then the diamondbacks come in with relatively soft tossers and beat the team full of flame throwers
I think the Phillies players thought they could hype themselves up to victory. Extreme celebration for every weakly hit single. Once they stopped cranking home runs every other at bat this lineup remembered what it was: good, not great.