He should be working out in the OF though? Why would people panic? He's a bad 1b. He's an ok 3b, but not a full-timer. In order for him to stick in the majors, he needs more utility. I just don't think a good use for him is at SS, a much more demanding defensive position than 3b or 1b.
Do you think Aaron Judge is successfully beyond the injury prone label? You expect 4-5 reasonably healthy years unless there's some really fluky injury?
I'm not a Gerrit Cole fan, but at least that guy is a horse. Yankees may be the only team in the East with a true anchor in the rotation (Manoah is young and his xFIP shows room for regression, McClanahan hasn't pitched a full season).
They f***ed around with Arroyo last ST and he looked horrible in RF for too long. Seems like they are repeating a similar mistake to me. This team has a tendency to do some really weird s*** that doesn't always work out.
Maybe it's nothing, but I'd just keep Dalbec at 1B/3B/LF/bench bat.
I know Bloom thinks it's "going to be awesome" but I'm dubious. If ST doesn't really matter and players can goof off like this, just cancel it altogether.
@markjburns88
Major League Pickleball founder Steve Kuhn says pickleball "will be easily a top 5 sport in the next five years in terms of viewership."
"We will challenge MLS, Major League Baseball and the NHL. I think we'll be in that category soon."
@jcmccaffrey
Red Sox at Tigers: Tapia DH, Casas 1B, Duvall CF, Arroyo 2B, Refsnyder RF, Dalbec SS, R. Hernández C, Allen LF, Koss 3B, Pivetta P
Why do they keep doing this though?