Good one, Parker......my 2c on the Loperfido/1B situation, and why the team is loathe to pull that trigger. I'm not as drilled down on the team lately as you certainly are (and as I used to be for The Runner Sports in the mid- to late-20teens), but from past experience with management strategy in these matters (and, I'm betting these strategies are still in place, regardless of who's in the FO), I'll take a stab. Here's how I bet they'd answer that:
They'd rather keep Joey in Sugar Land to develop. A) It'd be too much pressure to put on him to have him finish the season while the team is within relative striking distance of making the playoffs. B) After the $ whiff on Abreu, I'm guessing they want to try to "make good" a bit, and see what vet they can pick up at the trade deadline (with who knows what to offer!).
After the Abreu release, however (which seems to have happened, like, 5 minutes after you published this.......don't you HATE that?!?😉), they just MIGHT, now, call up Joey, and all of my above is, then, relegated to the garbage heap! Don' you just HATE that?
Great job, Parker....good luck, Joey, and good golly, Miss Molly!😁
Good one, Parker......my 2c on the Loperfido/1B situation, and why the team is loathe to pull that trigger. I'm not as drilled down on the team lately as you certainly are (and as I used to be for The Runner Sports in the mid- to late-20teens), but from past experience with management strategy in these matters (and, I'm betting these strategies are still in place, regardless of who's in the FO), I'll take a stab. Here's how I bet they'd answer that:
They'd rather keep Joey in Sugar Land to develop. A) It'd be too much pressure to put on him to have him finish the season while the team is within relative striking distance of making the playoffs. B) After the $ whiff on Abreu, I'm guessing they want to try to "make good" a bit, and see what vet they can pick up at the trade deadline (with who knows what to offer!).
After the Abreu release, however (which seems to have happened, like, 5 minutes after you published this.......don't you HATE that?!?😉), they just MIGHT, now, call up Joey, and all of my above is, then, relegated to the garbage heap! Don' you just HATE that?
Great job, Parker....good luck, Joey, and good golly, Miss Molly!😁