Pavlovic3Ball
BARNES BRIGADE
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He injured his knee because Dolan is cheap.
Glad someone finally agrees with me
He injured his knee because Dolan is cheap.
Anyone arguing to pickup the option on Grady is high as a kite. The guy is done, he cannot stay healthy and nothing indicates he will as the injuries keep piling up. Cut your losses....9 mill for a guy struggling to play 1/3rd of a season with diminished numbers? No no no...
Let he and Carmona go and get a bat and another starting pitcher.
But you'd rather stick with Sizemore at the same price.. Napoli cut down his strikeouts, he takes walks and he's always had power.I don't know how much you trust a guy hitting roughly 200 points higher than his career OPS in one of the best hitting environments in baseball....but I don't trust him at all really.
Not for the 10M plus he'd probably get open market wise.
People who think it's just that simple to replace these guys will be so disappointed.
Napoli being behind the plate could allow Santana to not be back there destroying his knees. Napoli's also only 29.
I'd honestly rather have Napoli than an injury-decimated Grady Sizemore. I have the feeling Grady probably has a comeback year in him, but I think it's going to take two more years before he has it.
Napoli plays some first as well, so they could basically split time between catcher/first. He's right handed, could go in the middle of the lineup, basically a perfect fit for what we need, but then again I seriously doubt the Indians spend that much money in FA.Napoli being behind the plate could allow Santana to not be back there destroying his knees. Napoli's also only 29.
I'd honestly rather have Napoli than an injury-decimated Grady Sizemore. I have the feeling Grady probably has a comeback year in him, but I think it's going to take two more years before he has it.
I like Napoli but are we ready to give up on Santana catching?Napoli doesn't look like he catch anymore, but he's been OK I guess. Long term? Prob not.
I wouldn't rather pay grady, I just think people think it will be easy to replace his production if he were.
This offense struggled big time without him, and they NEED him...Which is why this sucks.
Thinking you can just go out and pick up whoever and think it's going to be better than a healthy Sizemore, probably going to end up disappointed.
ceils his fate.
Idiot.