Author Topic: 2017-2018 Off-season Discussion Thread  (Read 106112 times)

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Re: 2017-2018 Off-season Discussion Thread
« Reply #1200: February 03, 2018, 09:46:38 AM »
"Stick around" is the key phrase - he was already here.  Lerners don't like paying a guy not to play.  I think Rizzo would have dumped him if he hadn't been prohibited to do so.  Montero isn't here, he's a known troublemaker, and I don't think Rizzo thought this through very carefully. 

If you're a marginal player, having an attitude doesn't help. Teams will tolerate more crap from a guy who produces. That's why they eventually ran Papelbon out of town and out of baseball. Guys like Nook Logan, Lastings Milledge, etc., were the same.