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NMR's avatar
Aug 27Edited

Cherington communicated this in the worst way possible, except for literally all the others.

Seriously, what the hell was he supposed to say here?

We want the General Manager publicly questioning the starting shortstop's ability to play the position?

The second he waivers, the first mealy-mouthed "weighing our options" statement, this becomes a total clown show. The only question the player and the GM gets from that point forward. A daily reminder to Oneil that your own boss has lost confidence in your ability.

Put yourself in Oneil's shoes for literally one second and ask yourself how you'd feel if your boss was openly questioning your competency for the entire world to see.

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One of the reasons I really hate the timing of this move is his bat. Cruz is just starting to breakout with the bat, why make a major change during his breakout to cloud his focus now. The move to center should have at least been tried when he first arrived in Charleston with the Power at least on a limited basis. There should have been plenty of time at the training site in 2020 to experiment with Newman coming off his solid 2019 season as a reason for it. I'm all for the move just really dislike the timing, but I'm pulling for Cruz to take to it like a fish in water and praying it's not like a fish on a river bank.

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