Englert has good control the strike zone numbers. It definitely seems like he'll need more seasoning though. The 13-pitcher limit makes it difficult to carry a pitcher like him.
That is true. If he is an elite fielder as in 2022, then he would have value just getting back to maybe an 80-85 OPS+. However, if he's just going to be average defensively, he'll need to get up to a 100 OPS+.
Interesting on how much Schoop took advantage of the shift defensively last year:
https://www.motowntigers.com/2022/12/07/ban-on-shifts-could-force-tigers-to-move-jonathan-schoop-off-second/
That was what I was thinking. I would have to think that less time between pitches would force them to get away from max effort on every pitch. Either that or throw even fewer innings.
Another thing which I think is going to be an even bigger deal than banning the shift is the pitch clock. Having less time to rest between pitches will likely hurt pitchers significantly.
Ben Verlander was good when he started, but he has become full of himself, so yeah it wouldn't surprise me. However, some of the comments (one by Verlander) suggested that it was a joke.
I love his answer about building a team for the ballpark. A smart team should be able to take advantage of an asymmetric park. I don't get the stuff about the park not being "fair" to hitters. It's not a terrible park for hitters, It's below average home run park, but it's pretty close to neutral for run scoring. The obsession with the long ball is hurting the game.
They are going to claim a player we've never heard of off waivers, put him back on waivers next week and then eventually assign him to the minors. And then Edman can explain to us what really happened after the beat writers get it all wrong!
Your frustration is understandable, but the previous administration failed the last six years. It will take a while to fix it. Hopefully not 7 or 8 years.
McGriff joked today that he is going to go into the hall of Fame with the blue cap he wore in those commercials. I'll give him credit for having a sense of humor.
I am not surprised that McGriff made it but how does he get 16 olf 16 votes? You can make a good HoF case for McGriff, but he wasn't good enough for 16 individuals to determine independently that he belongs. There must have been some serious lobbying going on.
He probably feels as if he hasn't been getting enough attention lately, so he had to go to the next level. He's not organized or brave enough to go through with it. He's got people talking about what he said which is what he wanted.