i think Pirates ultimately switch it up & put Glasnow on the hill for that one and Syndergaard as Mets WC starter seems likeliest (Cardinals i'm sure would still trot old cagey broken Waino over STD Distributor)
What? Wasn't the whole point of Zobrist that he can move around and Maddon previously used him by moving him around? It's a little late in the game for him to stop being okay with moving around. more of the point with Zobrist is that he's an OBP machine that provides value in myriad ways, one of which might be the now occasional position shift
i do not consider this to be true this is insulting; for his career, Russell is +21 UZR/150, better than every other SS in baseball during that span...yes, Javy might theoretically make for a better SS except for all the errors he would sure to make
well he's lost out on about the last few dozen recruiting battles and i was still [ThisisFine.jpg], thinking we can just be Wisconsin or (now) Iowa with 4-year players developing into a complex offensive system, but now that's not even a possibility with these mass exoduses and seniors being replaced with an empty folding chair frustrating.
.705 career OPS in April and .793 rest of the season; i'm not worried but maybe next year we can ask him to move to 6th or 7th spot for a month to start