Should the M's be concerned about losing 100 games?
It's pretty obvious the M's management is trying very hard to not lose 100 games. How do we know this?
Because Melvin is making idiotic statements that can only be coming with the approval of the FO.
When we keep hearing about rookies who won't play because we are playing "good" teams, like we heard from Melvin yesterday: link
"If we were playing anybody but the teams that we're playing, Dobbs would be out there right now a lot. We feel that he'll be a consistent bat at the major league level. He's got a nice short swing and his bat stays in the strike zone a long time."
This consistent talk from Melvin is more than just trying to save his job. Melvin is a company man first and foremost, and losing 99 or 100 games is not going to save his job. Why in the world would an organization bring up a lot of rookies and then decide only some get to play based on the teams they are playing? Sure, if there were logical reasons for playing certain players, you might buy it, but when a team sucks like the M's it's hard to say the current crop is an "improvement."
Rest assured Bavasi and Lincoln have decided that losing 100 games is not something they want on their resume, so they are pulling the strings right now.
It's pretty obvious the M's management is trying very hard to not lose 100 games. How do we know this?
Because Melvin is making idiotic statements that can only be coming with the approval of the FO.
When we keep hearing about rookies who won't play because we are playing "good" teams, like we heard from Melvin yesterday: link
"If we were playing anybody but the teams that we're playing, Dobbs would be out there right now a lot. We feel that he'll be a consistent bat at the major league level. He's got a nice short swing and his bat stays in the strike zone a long time."
This consistent talk from Melvin is more than just trying to save his job. Melvin is a company man first and foremost, and losing 99 or 100 games is not going to save his job. Why in the world would an organization bring up a lot of rookies and then decide only some get to play based on the teams they are playing? Sure, if there were logical reasons for playing certain players, you might buy it, but when a team sucks like the M's it's hard to say the current crop is an "improvement."
Rest assured Bavasi and Lincoln have decided that losing 100 games is not something they want on their resume, so they are pulling the strings right now.
posted by Tom at
7:51 PM
