As the decade ends, the 2 players who played the most games...

[weams]

29 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Do you think we might have had been able to sign better pitching if we didn’t sign Davis (and Trumbo), which would have been the case if Cruz was re-signed?

Cruz was gone in 2015, it was Hardy that was resigned then.

[waroriole]

22 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

Cal is not impressed.

Looks like they’re about 140 games short of a full deck - Cal, probably

[DirtyBird]

2 minutes ago, weams said:

Cruz was gone in 2015, it was Hardy that was resigned then.

Hardy wasn't signed to hit dingers 

[LA2]

5 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Hardy wasn't signed to hit dingers 

Important to remember that that is not all Nelson did. He knew how to adjust his swing to drive in runs when necessary.

[Redskins Rick]

5 hours ago, LA2 said:

Important to remember that that is not all Nelson did. He knew how to adjust his swing to drive in runs when necessary.

Cruz had to sign a 1 year deal, to reestablish hisself, and it worked very well for him, middle age DH with a big 4 year contract.

Most/Some of us, felt at the time, years 1-2 would be productive and then he would drop rapidly.

Obviously, we was wrong, and at 39, he can still be productive.

 

[Moose Milligan]

Cruz is having a monster season.  Obviously people are gonna call him a steroid guy but whatever.  He's been great.  

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Cruz is having a monster season.  Obviously people are gonna call him a steroid guy but whatever.  He's been great.  

Top 5 OPSes at age 38, ever:

1. Bonds, 1.278, 2003
2. Williams, 1.257, 1957
3. Cobb, 1.066, 1925
4. Cruz, 1.034, 2019
5. Ruth, 1.023, 1933

Four inner circle HOFers (including one who was drinking straight plutonium), and a guy who signed a 1/8 deal with Dan Duquette.

[NCRaven]

I assume that Ruth was drinking the plutonium since we know Bonds was injecting it.  

[Can_of_corn]

14 minutes ago, NCRaven said:

I assume that Ruth was drinking the plutonium since we know Bonds was injecting it.  

Sheep teste extract.

[LookinUp]

Man I wanted us to resign Miller and Cruz that offseason. Different future if we did, though I still think the pitching probably collapses. Other people I wanted us to sign: Miguel Sano and Yoennis Cespedes.

[Moose Milligan]

@DrungoHazewood, Mike Schmidt had the most homers in the 80s.

Ichiro had the most hits in the "aughts" despite not playing in 2000.

Your boy Pete Rose had the most doubles in the 70s.

 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

Man I wanted us to resign Miller and Cruz that offseason. Different future if we did, though I still think the pitching probably collapses. Other people I wanted us to sign: Miguel Sano and Yoennis Cespedes.

I wanted all the draft picks.

[LookinUp]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I wanted all the draft picks.

I was ok with trading away Hader and Eduardo Rodriguez. 

[DrungoHazewood]

34 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sheep teste extract.

Wasn't that bulls and Pud Galvin?

[DrungoHazewood]

14 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

Man I wanted us to resign Miller and Cruz that offseason. Different future if we did, though I still think the pitching probably collapses. Other people I wanted us to sign: Miguel Sano and Yoennis Cespedes.

If I ever own a team and am hiring a GM my first question is "Would you have signed Nelson Cruz to that deal after '14?"  If he answers yes I show him the door, unless he quickly notes that he was aware and okay with the fact Cruz had access to undetectable PEDs.