It's possible that there might still be more coming out about Hanley's involvement, but it also sounds like McPhee is just trying to cover her butt for potentially harming a good man's reputation and character.
According to Hanley, he is currently not signed by another team by his choice. That makes sense to me.
All I'm saying is that I hope that no team would choose not to sign him based on these apparently false accusations.
If you are talking about a very high level in terms of competitiveness, that is a false statement.
If you are talking about a very high level in terms of advanced age, you may may be correct.
That might be part of it, but after the first couple of weeks of baseball, rotations are no longer matched up so that the top starters necessarily face the top starters. Also, it's not always a top starter who is a victim of lack of run support.
I really don't disagree with any of this Notin. I just have a hard time believing that no team is willing to take a chance on Hanley at league minimum. I think it's very possible that Hanley is willing to sit out rather than play for a team like the Os or the Tigers.
Hanley is available for league minimum. Any team in contention needing a right handed bat would take a chance on that, regardless of his lackluster performance since he's been with Boston.
If no team is willing to touch him based on a false report, then that is just wrong.
Good stuff. So JBJ has the highest hard hit rate and one of the lowest soft hit rates in baseball, along with the unsustainable BABIP.
Something has to give soon.
If that's the case, that would be a shame. Hanley's character might be destroyed because a reporter wanted to be the first to break a story before he/she had all the facts.
Agree. He made the wrong decision, IMO. However, the implications that Cora doesn't know what he's doing because he's a rookie or that he can't see what seems so obvious to us, the expert fans, is out of line.
Several things:
1. JD > Stanton
2. We could get the significant 2B upgrade that you want, and it could still be wildcard and done.
3. We don't have the resources to get the kind of significant upgrade that you're looking for.
4. No worries. As we stand right now, our team has as good a chance as winning the WS as any other team.
Cora's approach, on the whole, seems to be working. That said, I question some of it too. There are times that I think he takes his approach about resting players a bit too far. Then again, you can't really argue with the success the team is having.