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You mean the offseason fluff pieces didn't magically make him young again?

What a fine use of $12M there Rick.

Don't give them any ideas now! We aren't in the clear until that becomes officially official.

Trying to have more faith in Grifol than that, but nothing would really surprise me at this point.

Seriously, wrap the starters in bubble wrap and let the kids take on the Northsiders.

Curious who forced that on them? JR? ISFA? MLB?

If those are my only options, I totally agree. I don't want Eloy anywhere near the OF. Not that I want the other two out there either, but I fear dumb injury far less with them.

Hoping Grifol's love of Alberto doesn't haunt them in the 4th OF department. Not that the options Hahn brought in were great, but dear lord are they one injury away from starting guys out of position or a massive black hole in the lineup.

It is hard to read much into how Grifol does things from watching spring games. I think I am most interested in seeing how the change in manager brings about change on the field. Are they more fundamentally sound? Do we see improved defense? Are they still a ground ball heavy team in a home run park? Etc. Time will tell if Grifol can get the most out of the talent on this team. Will it be enough to win the division? A playoff round? Who knows.

Shots fired! Sorry @flavum, that wasn't directed at you.?

I'll try to refrain from mentioning it every time I see his name, but when DV is personal, there is no 'just moving on' from it.

Ugh, already sick of seeing that shitbag’s name every five days, and the season hasn’t even started yet.

It never made sense unless Vaughn wasn’t 100%.

Santos having a rough one this afternoon

He was out in CF a few days ago too.

Which I’m totally fine with. Rest up and be ready for opening day.

I found him likable until Ricky started over using him. Then came TLR, then the awful deal, and it was hard to separate likeable dude from overpaid declining player being horribly misused and overused.

If you were just canned on the eve of the season with 2 years left on your deal, would you want to stick around and head to Charlotte? I wouldn’t. No team will claim him, but I’ll be surprised if a team doesn’t offer a big league deal at the minimum.

Sounds great in theory. Let’s hope they hold up.