Opt-out clauses are definitely not put in there in for the benefit of the team. In the case of Sabathia, the Yankees would have been better off if they let him exercise his. This demonstrates that due to all the vagaries of baseball the team might benefit from the opt-out clause-through luck, essentially.
I don't understand it either. From a Pollyanna perspective I can only hope this is the tipping point that makes Price realize he has to chill out.
I don't think Eckersley would want this to become a thing because I assume he wants what's best for the team.
Like I say, Farrell and the team studies the numbers more than we do and the team is scoring a lot more runs since they moved Mookie from third to first.
If you want to be one of the armchair tinkerers who thinks they know better than the team suit yourself.
Did you not see the difference in team runs when he moved from third to first?
I guarantee you Farrell and the team staff have analyzed a lot more numbers on this than any of us have.
Here you go, folks.
Up until May 5 Mookie was hitting 3rd. Since May 6 he's been hitting leadoff.
Up until May 5 we scored 110 runs in 29 games, or 3.79 per game.
Since May 6 we've scored 267 runs in 51 games, or 5.24 per game.
4th place? Now I think you're overstating your case.
Anyway, Dombrowski has never been known to be a stand pat guy, so let's see.
I'm in the crowd that would like to see Devers get a shot before we make any big move there.
What folks seem to forget is that we've been scoring significantly more runs since Farrell moved Mookie from third in the lineup to leadoff in early May, and you could look it up.