Wasn't the entire outrageous expectation of Parms as a good MLB hitter based on a single month when he had the benefit of playing against a bunch of other late-season roster expansion call ups? As far as I can tell, he's been streaky every time he's been in MLB
When did age become the be-all, end-all regarding baseball players? Did something need to fill the RBI void? And why are we lumping guys who are 35 in with guys who are 30, 31, and 32?
Well sure, it looks bad, until you see the two guys hitting .299. And the presence of two guys on the top 5 OBP who aren't on the top 5 avg. I'm gonna go with what my main man Dozier said...Avg is an overrated stat.
Giving a guy a disparaging nickname does nothing to bring people to your cause, nor does it do anything to dispel the idea that you're blinded by an emotional dislike.
Having just turned 30 and having just read the comments in this thread (among others), I have to ask: Am I about to fall off a cliff? Is my life over as I know it?
I say give Pino as many starts as it takes for major leaguers to have the time/information to scout him and start hitting him. I say 3 more starts then send him down.
The only way Suzuki is the definition of "sell high" is if the Twins can trick someone into thinking that what he's doing isn't a total outlier. Easier to sell high on a young guy than a savvy veteran.
No amount of "not saying" will hide the fact that you're calling him out for being lazy and not caring on the basis of assumptions about his personal life and his personality. Pretty unfair. I think it's lingering concussion symptoms. It seems as if a baseball player can be "cleared" to come back from concussion on the basis of tests that aren't designed to determine if an elite athlete can still see/recognize a tiny white ball flying 90 mph. He'll get back eventually, but I'm not sure there's anything that can be done except be patient and trust in the 10 previous years of success he's had.