I'm really looking forward to seeing this kid play. Many of us were dismayed by the reports that Bloom was unable to complete certain trade deadline deals, especially ones that seemed to have been agreed upon. I'm hoping that this season's acquisition of Grissom might be the silver lining to one of those reported deals.
PLEASE.
Why would they sign someone when we have no idea how much time he will miss? I could only be the 1st 7-10 days of the season.
Because Solano can cover the whole infield except SS, so Grissom coming back means he shifts into the primary corner backup.
If Ceddanne keeps showing this new plate discipline, he may make the team out Ft. Myers and his versatility would go into that equation too.
I don’t know how to define “serious”, but announcing 4 weeks ahead of time that he won’t make opening day doesn’t sound “not serious” to me.
They didn’t even say he wouldn’t make the opening day roster. Cora said “Open day is in doubt”
They didn’t even say he wouldn’t make the opening day roster. Cora said “Open day is in doubt”
I doubt he the MRI was normal or they probably wouldn't expect him to miss Opening Day.
So true. If there's one position player we needed to have a full spring training it probably would have been Grissom, since we are counting on him a lot and he has so much to adjust to.
I agree about giving him time. Just not liking that Cora’s saying that 4 weeks ahead of OD. We’ll see.
Solano and Cron are entirely unrelated given the latter got a NRI, minor league deal.
I doubt Solano is in any way a meaningful upgrade over Valdez.
I get it that this injury in particular isn’t likely to be serious, but I’m just not a fan of having Valdez as the backup plan for any issues that might come up with Grissom, especially as Grissom’s primary issue is fielding and Valdez is terrible with the glove. Solano -who is a good fielder at 1b and 2b and can play 3b if necessary- would be a great fit for this team.
I don't really disagree with any of this, but the fly in the ointment is that Solano is probably looking for a role where he can play quite a bit more than he would for Boston. No guarantees that he finds that, but I think that's probably why he's holding out. If I were him I'd wait to see if someone gets injured in spring training and is going to be out for a long time, and then secure a better deal than you might have otherwise.
Bill Walton and Chris Sale would concur.
Yes, Solano should wait for someone in a camp to blow out an ACL or whatever.
I guess I’m just not sure what you expect when you next option - Valdez - would project as a 2 WAR in player with a full season of starting
His defense was atrocious last season (I'll just blame it on Kiki since he's not around anymore...) so I get not being happy with him starting the season as the everyday 2B. But supposedly he was really working on his defense all off-season. It'd be a real nice problem to have his bat in the lineup along with at least average defense
Apologies if someone already said this and I didn't see it, but how much of this is Grissom having a set plan of activities before he's in the ML starting lineup, and even if his groin feels fine on March 21, that isn't enough time to ramp up slowly on his hitting or footwork or whatever? I suspect they would be careful about rushing him back at his level of experience, new team, new full time position, etc.
Casas and Devers aren't platoon players so it only makes sense to give Reyes the at bats at 2nd base against LHP until Grissom is back.
Couldn’t Dalbec play 2b at a similar level to Valdez..lol? Maybe they could have a platoon of lead gloved 4A sluggers
I'll happily take 0.703 ops on the small side of the platoon from my backup 2B but maybe I'm setting my expectations too low.
Solano would also be great in the RH 1B/3B role, as people have been saying for weeks.
Valdez and Reyes can more than hold down second for a week or two.
I'll let you interpret the 'thinking' of the Breslow tidings for me. So far I am struggling with his offerings. I heard him tell some reporters that they were "talking in circles." HA.
and then Nick Yorke gets a big opportunity.
Is there a reason to think Breslow isn't being truthful about this? Is there reason to think that any GM would be scrambling to acquire a new 2B because his starter strained a groin and might miss the first couple weeks of the season? I get the temptation to take every opportunity to rag on the front office, but it's not like Grissom broke both his legs and his career is in doubt. He pulled a muscle. It happens. This is why rosters have 40 players on them.
Or Jamie Westbrook: https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=westbr000jam#
There isn't really at RHH 1B/3B "role." Casas and Devers are full-time cornerstone hitters who do not need to be platooned. That sort of roster-building approach is an artifact of the 2023 question of Casas' adaptability to ML pitching. . .probably with a touch of PTSD from the 2021/22 Bobby Dalbec 1B experience.
