@realboshek Monty never was and still isn't an ace. He had a great game. The books are full of average or lower players being great. If all you saw was the 1978 World Series, you would think Brian Doyle was a contender for the batting title when he was a career .200 hitter.
@FiresideYankees Stanton is saying all the right things about going to the lab. I will say I am cautiously optimistic. Being healthy is key, but he needs to run a but more than 50% on the bases or in the field or there is no point.
@Chiabe13 @JLasagna43 Right. Because 5 of the resulted in playoff appearances and 2 of them in the league championship series. At least 25 other teams would love than run if terrible baseball.
@joyavayu@davidrifkin George traded a lot of prospects for bums. The only reason the core 4 came about was because George was suspended and when he came back had to be convinced not to trade Jeter and Mariano.