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I didn't say that he didn't do a good job. I have said that he is far better than BC. I just think you overstated the "perennial bottom dweller" aspect.
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Perennial bottom dwellers? Theo took over in 2012. In 2009, the Cubs finished 2nd, and they won their division in 2008.
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Once again, you argue in a nonresponsive manner to a post of mine .
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Pablo, Hanley, Shaw, and Travis --Four players for three positons (1B, 3B and DH). Someone is blocked, but hey if you want to exonerate Ben for the $178 million of contracts, it is your choice.
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Sale is a top 5 pitcher who the White Sox have at replacement level starter cost. He is going nowhere.
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Pablo and Hanley and $178 million are blocking Shaw and Travis.
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The second part of your post is speaking for others.
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But it is so much easier for people to disagree with you if they can place you in a box that is the creation of their own misconceptions. Surprisingly, we do not need to adhere to any ideology or philosophy to intelligently discuss to sports.
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Thanks Ben for putting $178 million of useless contracts in place to block his progress.
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But don't speak for others.
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This might light a fire under some of the other veterans. Sam Travis is waiting in the wings.
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In a word, the answer is no. My post was just an elaboration of that answer. I guess that slipped by you. And that is taking into consideration that your question is based on a false premise -- that Pablo can turn back the clock 2 or 3 years. Even if he can do that, I like Shaw's upside better.
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They are all a bunch of overpaid suits imo. Even the good ones are fungible. I don't give a hoot about any of them. Just make the right moves, boys, and give me a good team to watch.
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Pete, could you imagine if Dick Williams were Sandoval's manager? LOL!! He would put him in a rubber fat suit and bench him until he dropped 20 lbs. And he would rip him worse than anything we are doing here.
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Pete, I agree with everything in your post, except that I would term Pablo's 4 year decline as consistent rather than gradual decline.
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We have no choice but for Kelly to start the season in the rotation, and if he performs like he did in the first half of 2015, we will be in big trouble. We need him to pitch like the second half of 2015. That is more of a necessity than a luxury.
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This is where I stand on the issue. Sandoval's upside (which I believe is in the past) is just not big enough to justify giving him the position without earning it in Spring Training.
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There isn't a person or source denying that he came to camp heavier this year than last year. No one is even attempting to question that. The only lame attempt was the 17% BMI story which attempted to make us believe that the added weight is muscle. LOL!! The story about his terrible condition is all over baseball, not just at JetBlue. You are the only one who is saying that it is our lying eyes. Did he gain 20 lbs exactly? Who knows, but one thing that is evident to anyone with eyes is that he is too fat. My non-sports-minded friend who attended Spring games with me asked, "isn't he a little fat to be a ballplayer?" There was no bias there. My friend doesn't even know Sandoval's name. I guess it was just his lying eyes.
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I answered your question.
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I think Buddy Hackett used to use that line. LOL!!!
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You have noted that you worry about Hanley's lack of focus as have others. None of us know why he appears unfocused. Is he lazy? Maybe. Is he stupid? Maybe. You seem to think he can't help it...whatever that means. Maybe you think he is a victim of forces beyond his control so you can feel that you are giving him a fair shake. As for me, I'd rather my poor performance be the result of me being lazy rather than being stupid or neurologically defective. I can fix lazy. You get tiresome with your whining about the meanies who are attacking his character. No one is attacking his character. They are commenting on how he plays the game. If he doesn't run after balls that get by him, he is just not trying hard, and he has done that plenty of times in his career. Whether it is because he is lazy or mentally defective, it doesn't matter. That is just not playing at full effort.
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The possibility that we will have so much good pitching that we will not know what to do with all of it is such a remote possibility as to be laughable . And you said that Roster Crunch doesn't concern you. So, who is concerned about it? Who are these people whose minds you presume to be able to read?
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You have no way of knowing that about the Sandoval acquisition. Stop making things up. (A homage to U.N.)
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But Theo was much better at it. Everyone has constraints in their jobs from management. I don't think those constraints are any worse in Boston.
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Serious answer, Pablo's upside, which I don't expect to see, is not high enough to justify sitting Shaw at this point. If Shaw implodes, Pablo can step in.
