Woah, Carlos Gonzalez is pretty freakin' awful this year. .248/.298/.444, O fWAR, .322 wOBA, 89wRC, his BABIP isn't that low (.298) and his K% and BB% are both within 1.6% of his career averages.
An article with a bunch of random facts/stats about how ridiculous Bonds was. My favorite: And a few other good ones http://regressing.deadspin.com/barry-bonds-was-an-alien-god-who-destroyed-space-time-t-1610228611/+marchman
I will likely have to be in Eastern Nebraska (South Sioux City) for work within the next month, looks like I will be scheduling that trip around Iowa Cubs home games and making it a driving trip through Des Moines rather than flying.
I don't think so, I think that their doctor(s) felt there was something wrong/abnormal then Aiken/Close got multiple other doctors (including Andrews) to review the same info and their conclusions were all the same that nothing was wrong/nor a concern. So they didn't fabricate it, just their conclusion(s) didn't matchup with a handful of other guys.
If he goes the JUCO route and dominates/stays healthy I could easily see him getting $5 million+, plus i'd imagine there are other team's doctors that are of the same mindset of the ones Aiken/Close got to review his MRI and said it shouldn't be an issue.
It makes no sense for them to not accept a trade that includes Wiggins right now, unless they still feel they can get Thompson+ out of GS. But still with where they are having to pay Thompson big money soon doesn't make a lot of sense. Wiggins+Lavine provides a really nice/intriguing athletic future.