And nobody really knows for certain if any of JBJ's problems were a direct result of being 'rushed', or if he would have had the same learning curve regardless.
How can you possibly say otherwise. The most he will be paid in any one season is $16 million and that is only one year. For a guy who cranks out 4 WAR seasons it's a clearcut bargain.
It's a great story, but the recent ones didn't work out for long. Bo got injured, tragically. Neon and Ainge packed in baseball fairly quickly. Jordan and the others I don't know much about.
I'm skeptical only because it's been such a rare feat for anyone to play 2 sports at the big league level. I can only think of 3:
Bo Jackson
Neon Deion
Danny Ainge
I think I misunderstood your point. My only point was that TBSB is Captain Obvious. I think he even used 'Brooklyn Bob' as one of his innumerable handles on BDC.
I ain't no scout, that's for sure...I don't even pay that much attention to the coverage of prospects.
I just defer to the judgment of the team unless and until there is very persuasive evidence that they f***ed up.
I don't disagree that the pitching is still by far the biggest concern.
But I do think we'll score more runs with Benintendi in left field than we would with Holt/Brentz/whoever. If we score even 5-10 more runs that might be the difference between playoffs or none.
Bogey has been slumping.
Since July 1 he is hitting 258/320/402.
If you want to juggle his spot right now it would make more sense to move him down in the order.
The best thing would be for the current rotation to live up to its potential. The current 5 could be pitching for us for the next few years if all goes well.
Mookie's OBP since July 1 has been much higher than those guys, so that idea is out the window. Mookie's just about the only guy we have who hasn't been struggling. Moving him in the order isn't going to accomplish anything.