Harold's Leg Lift

Funny how that works.

He just wasn't part of their plans.

Of course he said nothing because he knows the possibility to sign with the Sox still exists so he doesn't want to burn a bridge. Stroman knew he's not a possibilty to sign with the Sox so he's free to say how morally outraged he is.

He can make a bowel movement without LaRussa's approval but he can no longer use the executive bathroom.

I don't.

The Sox ruled him out first.

I'm fine with it too. Dunning, Stiever and lottery ticket. Maybe they'd take Lopez .

I don't know how they can make a trade for Marquez that doesn't include Dunning.

The scumbag is also writing a book. He's going to make life very difficult for a lot of people. So happy the Sox didn't get involved with any of this mess.

He's considered a "great framer" because he's good at getting low pitches called for strikes and that's what the stat guys weigh the most. He uses that elbow out thumb down technique which is good for bringing low strikes up into the zone but if you're lazy (ahem) really bad for pitches on the corners because it's very easy to let the glove drift out of the zone.

I was told there are two problems with Grandal's catching. The first is the pitchers don't trust him to put down the correct number so the pitcher has to call his own game which is something they would rather not have to think about like when they throw to McCann. The second and much bigger problem is Grandal pulls pitches on the corners out of the strike zone. As you can imagine this drives the pitchers absolutely insane to the point that there are very heated arguments about who gets to throw to who(m?). Whoever they sign and I'm told they're still talikng to McCann has to be a strong defensive catcher who is also very good at calling a game.

Colorado has two good 1B in their system. They want pitching.

There's no doubt they thought they were getting a different player.

He doesn't have the frame to add strength and he doesn't have the swing or approach that shows he will add power. It's simple scouting.

He doesn't impact the baseball. It's very difficult to project on a major league player who relies so heavily on dinks, dunks, bleeders and gernades. Add the fact that he's not a difference maker on the bases or on defense and you have a very replaceable low impact player.

I call em like I see em so sometimes I say things that the fan boys don't like to hear and other things that make the fan girls absolutely lose their shit. Oh well.

If someone actually watched Nick Madrigal and came away comparing him to a fucking hall of famer there is really nothing else that can be said.

Ummm....no.

No they don't.

I like the way you think.

Mariners fans will love him forever.

He decided when they lost game 3.