No, and not even because he can’t stay healthy. Eloy is at -0.3 WAR. I would be surprised if the Orioles pick up his $16.5 million dollar option. He will likely be a free agent. Meanwhile, Burger is earning $760K with 4 more years of control.
Haha, Nicky Lopez with a shallow pop fly. Just release this turd already. No team even wanted him as a backup infielder at the trade deadline because he’s so bad.
Going for star caliber guys was never an option with JR (see Harper and Machado) so I don’t think it can be ruled out as not being the correct strategy. We have simply never seen it done.
Signing the over-the-hill gang has been the Sox strategy for years, and next offseason will be no different.
Burger’s OPS is now up to .775 on the season and his career OPS is at .798.
Meanwhile, Eder has an ERA over 6 in Charlotte and we pray that Vargas can sniff Burger’s numbers.
The trade deadline was supposed to spark the rebuild, and it did almost nothing. We added a 3B who is no more of a proven guy than anyone else in the organization.
The best trade asset that the Sox had that actually was moved at the deadline, and Getz grabs yet another bust to go along with the other ones in his lineup. His bat actually got worse after coming here. Surprise surprise.