Comments on: Revisiting some of the season’s key stories

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:53:02 +0000

You are right. Jimenez will probably be back. He takes the bump every five days and gives you 110 pitches (usually in 4.2 innings). There is value in durability and perceived value in potential, both of which cause our GM’s eyes to glaze over in rapture. My beef is the same as it was last year with Sizemore. I wasn’t opposed to bringing him back until it meant there was no money to add anyone else.

By: Susan Petrone

Susan Petrone — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:13:40 +0000

Well, if they were willing to three $5 mil at Sizemore to not play at all, why not give a little more to someone who will at least throw 175 innings for you? (Do I need to add sarc tags?) Antonetti and Sharpiro appear to be pretty loyal to guys whom they deem to be key players. Part of me admires that, but I think they’re dreams of what a player can be clouds their judgement as to what he’s actually capable of. While I’d rather not see Hernandez or Jimenez back in 2013, I kind of feel like we will.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:57:28 +0000

I have a hard time understanding why we say in one breath how awful Hernandez and Jimenez were this year, both statistically and intangibly, and in the next breath how the Indians will probably throw six million dollars at each of them to come back next year and do it again. There is absolutely no reason to believe that either of these guys is going to get any better. This brings to mind all kinds of cliches about learning from history or repeating it, throwing good money after bad, refusing to admit a mistake, and best of all, about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Wouldn’t it be better to add those 6s together to make 12 million and sign one decent free agent starter instead of bringing back two bad ones?