There's plenty to be optimistic about, but I think we also have some reason to be skeptical or nervous about the guys who are running the team, based on some of the decisions we've seen the last few years.
Campbell is no Mickey Gasper, though!
Gasper may take over Dalbec's spot as living testament to the gulf between AAA pitching and MLB pitching. His Woo numbers are pretty insane.
Grissom also seems to have a very similar offensive skill set to Yoshida.
I guess that plays a lot better at the 2B position though, assuming his fielding is adequate.
I don't think he said anything, but he was aware they were there waiting for him.
He didn't break any rules. But it's not a great look and kind of draws unwanted attention. And it is hard to overlook that it's a guy making over $30 million a year. All IMHO.
I think the one criticism that stands is this: if you're not going to talk to the writers, don't make them wait around for an hour to find out. That's just common courtesy. They're only doing their jobs.
June 12-July 14 was by far their best stretch of the season. They won 20 out of 29. And that included a lot of good teams.
July 14 was of course the last day before the ASB.
There has been plenty of talk here about the prospects of trading Yoshida. The consensus is that we'd have to eat a pretty big chunk of money or take back another team's bad contract.
It's definitely one of the issues Breslow has to deal with in the months ahead.
He could say a few words just to be polite. Like I say, I don't care it about that much. There are some murmurs in the blogosphere that the front office is getting a little displeased about it.
I really don't care about it that much. But what happened in this case was more like waiting an hour for your table, then being told there is no table, and there never was a table, so go home.
I have to push back a little. Raffy's behavior after that game was not good. He made the writers wait around an hour thinking he would finally say a few words, but he left without saying anything. And of course it becomes a negative story. He has to do better.