MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[jstraw]

That's insubordinate to the GM.

[rok]

True, but the manager is responsible for making sure his players do what's best for the team.

[Kid]

I don't tend to agree that it's the manager's responsibility to get a player to undergo an MRI.

[jstraw]

Alderson tells him to get an MRI and his refusal is on TC? No way.

[rok]

And if Alderson can't convince him that it's best for the team, you guys think the manager shouldn't intervene?

[1984]

"I think I know my body best." 

 

 

Those days are long gone, Noah.  

[jstraw]

And if Alderson can't convince him that it's best for the team, you guys think the manager shouldn't intervene?

 

You think Theo and Jed needs Joe to intervene in player personnel matters? Maybe La Stella's bullshit last year was Joe's fault.

 

If TC wants to tell his player "son, your fuckin' up" to help *him*, that's fine. He doesn't need to to protect himself.

 

So, in terms of what "intervene" means to me, I'm going with no.

[rok]

It's on Collins' watch. It's his clubhouse. I'm not blaming him for Syndergaard's behavior, but to say that the manager doesn't bear even some responsibility for a player not doing what's best for the team doesn't really make much sense to me.

[jstraw]

We'll disagree, then. This is an issue between the player and the FO, not a player in the clubhouse.

[Kid]

Straw is right.

 

Collins is the field manager.  He's responsible for what happens on the field.

[Kid]

https://twitter.com/Mets/status/859063648714579969

[rok]

Shocking

[rok]

More on the Thor debacle


http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/thor-mets...sequences/

[Butcher]

There's a lot of stuff in there, but one thing that stood out to me is Syndergaard bulking up so he can throw *harder*? That seems completely ego-driven to me. He already throws harder than everyone in baseball. What possible value could come from adding in another 1-2 mph (and at what risk -- I guess we found out)? Seems like he bought into the fantasy that he's an immortal norse god...

[nakedman1664]

Smoltz crushed it in that quote.