He ran out of excuses and the arrogant smartest guy in the roommfacad melted away.Lol grade A loser.
his mannerisms sure have changed. He’s significantly more agitated while answering questions. Lots of moving within his seat. Hand gestures.
the dancing around questions with lots of words but no substance is elite.
hopefully Shapiro fires him by Thursday
he at least had a good answer when asked about Vlad's struggles.
that he was dissappointed the hard hit data never led to better results and that Vlad will be spending the offseason in Dunedin and will look to make changes to help him.What was his answer?
That's not much of an answer outside of what was already known. That's more acknowleding the prevailing take than it is providing any additional insight.
I have zero doubt, that this presser was co-ordinated with John, who was promised job security while being told they had no choice but to bury him, rather than acknowledge that coaching decisions are mapped out upstairs.
I suspect this was done on the Saturday of a long weekend, to hide it from the mainstream fan as much as possible, and spaced out before Shapiro speaks, both more positively ( about the offseason) and elloquently ( in general)
It terrifies me they are already waiving goodbye to Belt, and Chapman (KK i get) and talking up internal options ( the same options that couldnt PH for Whit Merrifield who shockingly was not ruled out). I suspect payroll will be an issue, in regards to offering a QO to Chapman, if his market is slow to develop that could delay moves the team wants to make.
Atkins, at least admitted he was dissappinted the hard hit data never aligned with Vlad and will look to make changes to help him ( i think John's offensive staff are fucked, god willing) Vlad doing major offseason work too, is probably for the best
If they fire the hitting coaches then ill consider this a small win, but you're right its more of a grey lining than a silver one.That's not much of an answer outside of what was already known. That's more acknowleding the prevailing take than it is providing any additional insight.
Does "get him extended" mean you give him 40m a year for 15 years? It's not worth trading Vlad for the privilege of signing Soto to a crazy big deal.Legit question.
If you could get Soto extended would you do Vlad+ for Soto?
Legit question.
If you could get Soto extended would you do Vlad+ for Soto?
There is that, but also i think a package of that type would have to be something likeSure, but would rather put together a pile of other stuff and build around a core of Soto-Vlad-Bichette.
Shatkins would never though, his LF defence is a bit weak.
Soto is so much fucking better and it's not close at this stage.Does "get him extended" mean you give him 40m a year for 15 years? It's not worth trading Vlad for the privilege of signing Soto to a crazy big deal.
I think that simultaniously can be beaten and kill our farm
If you could sell SDP on Vlad and stuff for Soto ( then pay Soto)
Then work something out for Pete Alonso...that's uh, good