I cant do it anymore.
I simply cant do it anymore.
Look, there are a lot of problems with the Detroit Tigers.
They wear their issues on their sleeve.
Every time this team takes a step forward, theyll take two steps back.
Even their good players look terrible right now.
Theyve been embarrassed by a New York Yankees team that I think stopped trying weeks ago.
They are a joke.
With that said, I dont like everything about a baseball player exists in Javier Baez.
I cant deal with it anymore.
I cant deal with it.
Watching Javier Baez play baseball is a form of torture.
He is the definition of insanity personified.
Al Avila did many terrible things as the GM of the Detroit Tigers.
I’m just going to say it, this team will not win anything with him on the roster.
I do not care what kind of clubhouse presence he is.
I don’t care if everybody likes them.
I don’t care if he saves kittens in his spare time.
He is the worst baseball player I’ve ever watched.
You don’t even need to give me the numbers.
Don’t tell me that old Dickie McGees Cockburn from 1945 actually had a lower OPS.
That guy wasn’t getting paid $140 million.
“But what about the contract, Chris?”
I DON’T CARE.
Another GM signed Javier Baez in the heart of another regime.
Scott Harris has adamantly wanted to find players who dominate the strike zone.
I understand that it would create an issue getting rid of Javy.
There are no shortstop prospects down in the minor leagues that are any better.
I may come to regret this, but I don’t care.
There isn’t a worse option.
The numbers are just the numbers.
We can oogle at all his incredible defensive plays.
That’s not what we’re paying him for.
And ultimately, he’s a wildly overrated defender.
The older I get, the less I value defensive metrics.
They’re remarkably flawed.
I freeze every time this guy spikes a throw in the dirt at first base.
Nobody can hit right now.
Parker Meadows got called up and looks pretty good.
Give it a few weeks.
He’ll start chasing sliders in the dirt.
Javier Baez is the venom symbiote of baseball players.
Once it sticks to you, you’re free to’t get rid of it.
The one positive about Javier Baez is that he provides me with endless material.
Even I’m getting tired of that.
I try not to be selfish with the stuff.
But in this instance, I’m going to.
I can’t take it anymore.
I don’t care if he goes deep today.
I don’t care.
I don’t want him here.
And I know what’s going to end up happening.
He’s destroying any good will this team has night in and night out.
I’m tired of him.
Dump him, for the love of God.
