If he keeps this up, he'll soon get the Bonds treatment and be walked 6 out of every 10 at bats.
They have a strong lineup, so it'll be hard to justify, but why throw this guy a pitch he can hit unless he starts slowing down?
1yr deal for Barnridge with the empty promise of a longterm deal after the season. We test the waters with Clay this year and his knee.
Next offseason, we pull the rug out from under one of them and screw em.
He was a big loss like Karlos Williams was a big loss last offseason. On paper, they both produced TDs and came up big in short yardage situations.
But both of their biggest assets are that they are a different style than Shady.
I really feel like we can find someone else to plug in this year to get the same production that these guys gave us for the last 2 seasons.
One of the things that I liked was when Beane said was that hes trying to bring in young guys who want to eventually become GMs. I know thats what alot of GMs say, but its articles and opinions like this one that give hope that we're moving in a new direction.
Itd be nice to be known as a team that prefers fresh talent evaluators and front office people to the old dinosaurs that have been roaming OBD for years.