Baseball overhere in Holland is just a little sport. Most attention goes to soccer, speedskating and speed cycling. Nevertheless,our national team has a rich history aswell as several team.
Media attention is verty poor, Somtimes with a little luck we see our Kingdom of the Netherlands fellow countryman Xander Bogaerts for a few seconds on national tv.
Last saturday I was at our local baseball park to cover a homegame from our The Hawks team. Only me and twelf other people wrre there.A real
Living in a small country like Holland, MLB merchandise is difficult to get. Okay, we do have FootLocker, but there only are caps available. But now, finaly I got a Red Sox jersey.It took some time, but who cares now…!
Brock, I think when healthy Contreras is a good add. Based on his history in the game, even at DH and 1B his body is subject to historical levels of wear and tear, so I put his GP over/under at 108 since 135 seemed like a career year. I believe we bought high. We have to hope 2/3 of a player can be back filled by Casas, Yoshida and Abreu the lefty platoon player.
We are not ready to win the playoffs - We should get in but we can't win with the current lineup. We have a DH with little power hitting 227 and a replacement first baseman hitting 219. (Yoshida/Lowe). We scored 4 runs in 2 games against good pitching - Just like you will see against playoff teams. I like our young pitching but we must get replacements for the 2 mentioned hitters thru free agency or trade to contend. Don't see a solution in our farm system. Those two spots need to hit with power.