He was too far gone to just flip a switch and have everything turn around for him. They are working with him on having an actual approach at the plate and he’s buying into it now (he see’s the writing on the wall finally). And supposedly he’s being diligent about putting in extra work both defensively and offensively off the field. However, he can’t change overnight.

Best case scenario for him is to keep putting in a lot of work for the rest of the season then go down to winter ball (if he can, given visa issues with being a Cuban defector and all; not sure what his residency papers look like and all that), then keep working on stuff there, then hope he has a good spring training and he can re-claim some of his former defensive prowess. They aren’t going to just cut him loose given the money owed, so he’ll get his chances. Assuming he puts in the work, he has at least a chance of salvaging his career.

“Whoa look at that……A Squirell,…..no, that’s a CAT”

6.5 out of the wild card and it looks like it’s going to be 3.5 back from Texas. Would be nice to finish second (or obviously have the odds go out the window and see the Halos tank and the M’s take the division ). But I’d settle for 2nd and that one just might be do-able.