Yesterday Starlin Castro was dropped to 7th in the order because he had pretty much sucked for the last week. He's been pretty sucky at the plate all season for that matter. Despite that suckiness, Castro remains confident he'll get back on track.
"It's a little bit tough in the beginning right now," Castro said. "I know it won't be like that for a year. I've got four months left and hopefully you'll see a difference. I know I can do more than that."
Confidence is good. I don't expect Castro to be this bad, but I do think he has to make some adjustments at the plate. A later comment by him makes me worry though.
"Let's see this month," Castro said. "I'll make it. I can be aggressive, I can be ready. I'll do my best. Good things aren't happening now. I know it's coming."
Aggressive could mean many things, but usually in baseball aggressive means attacking pitches. Here's to hoping that Castro means something else, because the biggest adjustment he needs to make at the plate is to become less aggressive.
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re: Suspensions without failing a test, from last thread
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/64419/the-murky-waters-of-mlbs-latest-steroid-case
GBTSQuote Reply
If MLB actually tries this on a scale this big, I think the union goes to the mattresses.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
How will having sex with each other help?
joshQuote Reply
Here’s the Joint Drug Agreement (link opens PDF): http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/pdf/jda.pdf
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
That’s interesting. Anyone remember what the evidence was for Shafer?
dmick89Quote Reply
@ GBTS:
We need to create the .ov file format. You should do that in your free time.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ GBTS:
“Non-Analytical means of identifying players”
Orwell chortles.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
No idea what the latter means. How does MLB determine a player “used” PES in the absence of a drug test?
GBTSQuote Reply
“We don’t have any empirical evidence against you, so we’ll just pay off some random drug pusher to say you were, like, totally, a client of his.”
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
There is no way to prove use beyond a reasonable doubt without a positive test.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Would a text to Joe Torre about a random player using qualify as non-analytical means? If so, Cubs fans should start texting the MLB offices about Votto, Cueto and everyone else who can pretty much ensure they win the division this year and every year after.
dmick89Quote Reply
I don’t doubt Bosch was mixing cocktails for a number of these guys, but it would set a truly horrendous precedent if MLB could conduct a mass suspension of players outside the collectively bargained process. What’s the point of the JDA if you can just suspend guys based on the notes of a drug pusher?
GBTSQuote Reply
@ dmick89:
Exactly! MLB is opening a huge can of worms here.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Agreed.
Anyone know if the NFL allows suspensions or penalties for PEDs if the player has not tested positive? If they don’t, and I hope they don’t, the MLBPA just got bent over when they signed this deal.
dmick89Quote Reply
From tango…
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/04/when-it-comes-to-drugs-major-league-baseball-has-learned-nothing-from-the-past-wishes-to-learn-nothing-in-the-future/
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/does-mlb-have-a-case-this-time/
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
A dude on Lower Wacker told me that he sells Bolasterone to the entire St. Louis Cardinals starting rotation.
GBTSQuote Reply
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m constantly amazed at what lengths MLB goes to in order to help ruin their own sport. It’s like a Board of Directors publicly announcing every single little scandal even if there’s only a shred of evidence. There’s good reason this does not happen. It’s bad for the company.
The lengths MLB goes to in order to “clean up the sport” only harms its future.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ GBTS:
Tweet that to @MLB and see if they suspend the whole team.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89 wrote:
This. Here’s how it’s supposed to work:
“Dear Mr. Baseball Player: We have good reason to believe you received PEDs from some lowlife with a degree from Miami Upstairs Medical College. You must pee in a cup within 24 hours or you will be in violation of the JDA. Sincerely, Baseball.”
Baseball is supposed to have the best drug testing on the planet.
GBTSQuote Reply
The best thing for baseball is to go on with their testing, punish those who are caught, talk up how clean the sport is, and ignore anything not related to a failed test. Talk about the negatives as infrequently as possible. Turn those negatives into a positive. So and so was caught doping, he’s been suspended, he’ll be better because of it and this just proves that baseball’s testing is the best in the world.
Don’t go out looking for scandals. Don’t create them by doing stupid things. Every positive test should be hailed as a success story and not as the worst crime in the world they make it out to be.
dmick89Quote Reply
GBTS wrote:
They might. I don’t know. All I know is that other sports aren’t constantly highlighting the players who take substances. Anybody with a brain knows that there are more players in the NFL doping than in baseball. It’s never a story because the NFL acts like it isn’t one. MLB should learn something from them.
dmick89Quote Reply
@ dmick89:
Not to mention that they spend the rest of their time trying to alienate their fanbase by keeping highlights behind a paywall, suing people for making gifs, and keeping people from consuming their product with arcane blackout rules.
MLB owners are some of the stupidest and most morally bankrupted motherfuckers on this entire watery planet.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
New Shit
MylesQuote Reply
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Yet we still pump our money into their system.
joshQuote Reply