I’m not necessarily advocating trading him (I don’t think he ever fully got over that wrist injury.
But you have to have more out of your 3-4 hitter.
I’m not against trading him either; but with the opt out, the return isn’t going to be fantastic, and the return has to include a major league player.
He can tell the team doesn’t have it. A manger/coach can talk/yell/coddle/whatever all they want, but if the players refuse to change anything, there’s not much he can do.
Bogaerts:
First half: .321/.385/.545/.930 in 85 games (103 hits, 27 doubles, 17 homers and 51 RBIs)
Second half: .255/.332/.423/.755 in 55 games (50 hits, 7 doubles, 8 homers and 28 RBIs)
This is you #3-4 hitter.
3 hits again tonight. It’s deja vu Tuesday night.
We can bitch about the one pitch to Mountcastle, but Pivetta gave the team a chance. A loss tonight is on the offense.
Why would you have Pivetta walk Mountcastle?
Bring the reliever in and have him issue the pass. It should count for one of the 3 batter allotment, wouldn’t it?
Gee guys, maybe try moving forward in the box a couple inches and get that crap before it has a chance to take that last dip. Wells ain’t gonna throw it by you consistently. He’s also a guy you have to wait and go the other way with.
But nope, let’s stay where you always stand and roll over for weak grounders.
He missed his age 24, 25 and 26 seasons serving in WWII and then virtually all of his age 33 and a large part of his age 34 season while serving in Korea (where he flew half his missions as John Glenn’s wingman).
They would finish tonight one up on Toronto and two up on Seattle. A’s and Mariners play 3 this week as well.
Bottom line is their postseason destiny is still in their own hands. Whether they take advantage of that fact is a different question.