Someone please put a leash on Baldelli so he doesn't take his better hitters out for a platoon PH opportunity in the middle innings. It's stupid, and counterproductive.
A) you seem under the impression that because you don't think something is an option, nobody thinks it's an option
B) you seem under the impression because you don't think it's an option, nobody thinks it's an option
BTW, what's your DH solution? Margot in CF and Buxton at DH?
Give that some thought, see if you can find the flaw, and get back to us.
He was written in ink as one of the five starters the minute the Mariners gleefully agreed to the trade.
Also, "the lack of any other starter moves makes it seem like a bigger deal than it is"...
Wow, what a bad take. Among other things, it completely invalidates the rest of your post.
I agree...Polo wasn't any kind of realistic 3b option.
But he'd look a whole lot better at DH than Manny Mar-gone.
There was room on this roster for Polanco. You wouldn't need Santana, for one thing. No reason he couldn't play 1B.
And if he needed trading, there was a better return out there than DeSclafani, a 30+ yr old reliever with zero history, and an A ball outfielder.