What about offensively, though? Doesn’t that need to be taken into consideration?
Well, true, but I think there was lots of consternation about Story when signed. Not so with Strider.
I, too, would like to see the math on that, but in the absence of math, I really think it. Whoever gets those ABs is going to be a downgrade offensively and defensively, and probably by a lot. The pitchers are going to have to throw more pitches to get the same number of outs, will pitch fewer innings, and we'll have some of what we had last year.
you’re right it all needs to be considered but when we’re talking SS and CF, I’ll almost always lean defense unless there’s something really compelling in the other direction
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I actually didn't see a whole lot of this, but yes nice to see Story in the dugout.
Yeah, like I said, I didn't see a whole lot of "all these crazy conclusions".
He writhed around on the ground like his arm had been ripped off by a goddamn yeti. Also, it looked bad.
It looked bad because he writhed around on the ground like his arm had been ripped off by a goddamn yeti. The play looked benign, and he looked fine in the dugout tonight.
Oh yeah, I'm pretty optimistic, I was just answering the question about why people are pessimistic.
Just my opinion, but I'm thinking him hitting the ball well lately is a small part of the emotions he's feeling. Out of a possible 324 games the pat two seasons, Story's only played 94 in '22 and 43 in '23 for a total of 137. He worked his ass off to get back to where he was and while he's struggled with the bat since his return last year, he's shown that he's still an elite defender at SS which is something the team desperately needed. He was that defensive rock in the middle that the team was depending on and after his long road back to being that this happened. He's a competitor, he wants/needs to be out on that field. He wants/needs to prove that he's still a meaningful contributor and worth the contract he signed. He probably knows what's being said about him. I would guess that's where the bulk of his emotions are coming from.
When he showed the arm injury after showing all the signs of an arm injury just before signing, I was livid. Blooms margin for error was so slim that the AAV bet wasn’t worth it…BUT I was strangely confident about the back 2/3rds of the contract and really looking forward to his play. Never saw this coming : (.
If he's getting a second MRI, I'm sure it's an arthrogram this time with contrast injected into the joint. Harder to get that done on the weekend. You can still see most labral tears without the contrast, but this will just allow them to be a bit more precise.
Sorry, but one fluky injury on a diving play doesn't really translate to "he can't/shouldn't play the position anymore." He's no more vulnerable to an injury like that than someone five or ten years his junior. Do we think that if, say, Rafaela had made a similar dive and landed in a similar way, he wouldn't have suffered a similar injury?
Agree this seems mostly fluky. As far as ability to stay at short, I'm be more worried about a lower body or throwing shoulder injury, so I don't think this changes things much. You have to dive for the ball sometimes at 2B also.
Yep, everyone on the Sox will agree with this. Him, Cora and so on. His SS days will be over when Marcelo Mayer says so. No sooner. Hopefully his luck starts to even out.
His SS days were already over when he moved to 2B to accommodate Xander.
Sure, although I don't see that being the case until Mayer is ready. Nobody else on the current roster can handle it like him, but they can all play a passable 2b. And no way do you bring in anyone with Mayer waiting in the wings.
He will be coming off of three straight years of serious injuries. I don’t see any chance he opts out of his current deal. If he does he may well be looking at a spring training invite as a non-roster player. No chance he opts out.
Opt out is after next year; so will depend largely on how his 2025 goes. Hopefully it’s a fantastic year and something we have to worry about in a year+.
I LOL'ed at your comment, but I'm a little surprised Iglesias hasn't had an MLB appearance since 2022, because in 2022 he was basically an MLB average player, which is about exactly what he's been his whole career.
