Two out pitchers cost much less than three out pitchers. Two out pitchers can be very easily found in most Goodwill stores across the country. Bloom knows the location of all of them.
I wonder if this SOX starting staff has embarrassed JH enough that he will make a serious attempt to sign Yamamoto? If JH doesn't give a shite, then it doesn't matter.
In regards to Story being a future Albatross, it comes down to how important is it having arguably the best defensive SS in the AL on the SOX?
Obviously, the HOF, in most cases, doesn't respect excellent defensive players. I think Story next season will have an offensive season more in line with his lifetime stats.
But there's no denying the guy will save the SOX a lot of runs defensively.
Sale won't be the 1st Albatross. There were Crawfuls, Pandas, Price is wrongs, Hanleys, well, you get the drift. But, as you posted, Story could easily join the Albatross parade.
Do you think Sale would pull a Ryan Dempster and retire after this season, saving the SOX his next year's money? I think the odds of that happening are right back to my winning the Powerball lottery.
Devers barreled 3 pitches last night and got nothing to show for it. Today he hits a weak blooper over the infield for a hit. Baseball is a F'Ked up sport.
Fun Contest:
Devers has been STUCK at 29 homers for quite awhile. What date do you predict Raffy will hit his 30th? You may also predict that he won't hit 30.