Kolek planning to go pro
Hopefully, for Sox fans, LaRussa will convince Reinsdorf to trade for Yadi to lead them to the promised land.
That would be a fun Vegas bet. Look for an early start, consistency, and longevity.
The 3000 hit thing is fun. I think my order of most likely right now would be Soto, Heyward, Wander Franco. Looking at the list, Elvis Andrus has had a better offensive career than I would have guessed. He won't stick as a regular long enough to get close to 3000, and getting all that PT at 19 didn't hurt, but 1875 hits, 7th among active players at 33 is pretty good.
I've never liked Kyle Schwarber until just now.He speaks for every baseball fan in regards to Amgel Hernandez.
Heyward?
Saw it on McCuthen's face live. Like 'Yeah, buddy, we all lived through it too'.
Haha. Career resurgence!! I meant Soto, Freeman, Franco. That was a weird slip.
I heard this morning that a website that tracks umpire accuracy on ball/strike had Angel at 85% accuracy for the game. Worst rating so far this year. Normal for a game is 95%+.
I didn't see the game, so I'll accept everybody's word that Hernandez was bad. He's been not very good for years.But watching a dozen replays of the strikeout pitch to Schwarber, the pitch was an inch, maybe 2, out of the zone, and the catcher did a nice job of framing it. I've seen a LOT worse calls. But as I said, I understand that it seemed to be a culmination of crapola, and made Schwarber reach a boiling point.I also understand that Schwarbs probably was in a foul mood anyway, given his strikeout pct of .308 and OBP of .246.
He is the consensus choice for worst umpire in baseball.