Doubt that's an option. They signed him to an 8 year > $100M deal prior to the season. No team in their right mind would take on that kind of salary for a player like Andrus. That's going to be an albatross for the Rangers sooner than later, IMO.
Olt won't replace Cruz. They just keep Engel Beltre up and bring Manny up.
LOL. I am a Byrd fan.
Hopefully this goes through. No telling if Olt will pan out for sure but the Cubs currently have a black hole at 3B (2nd overall pick in this years draft Kris Bryant may or may not project as a 3B...might end up in a corner OF position). Not crazy about the fact that he'll be 25 at the end of August and has proven jack shit at the MLB level, but from what I understand he's a good defensive 3B in addition to having a power bat. Fingers crossed that if he ends up in a Cubs uni he proves that his pitiful minor league showing in 2013 is an anomaly and related to the vision problems he was having.
So far its just this one guys tweet so it may just be a load of crap
Bro code foul.
He could go hit less for a month and that wouldn't affect your stranglehold on the league.
That is from the GM of the Upper Deckers (aka, me).
I've heard some analysts talking a little bit about it this week. Apparently there has been a study or two done looking into it and there isn't really anything to it. From what I heard it has been more a case of guys who had huge first half power numbers but naturally regressed to their mean in the second half of the season. Didn't have anything to do with wrecking their swing mechanics or anything. That's not to say that it hasn't screwed up a few participants here or there for a while but all in all there is no direct correlation.
They are probably ok. Both did little tonight so they probably stuck with their swing. My boy Cespedes though...
