More Brantley shuffling.
https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1694749167095017924
“He’s not ready and I told him, let us know when he’s ready because he’s champing at the bit, but at the same time we can’t afford to lose him again. Sometimes you can’t do anything about father time, as much as you want to. With the schedule winding down, we have to do what’s right for him.”
Fucking what does that even mean?
God I’m so fucking tired of this slapdick being in charge.
This must be code for “he’s not coming back this season.”
Excuse me, I speak jive. He’s saying that we’ll never see Brantley on the field again.
He’s dead, Jim.
It’s code for “his career is over”.
It means “we can’t afford to not have him later, so let’s just not have him at all”. It’s so crazy, it just might work!
Hmmm There is a Kendrick Lamar song by that name that has the line
“Oh, this the part where mental stability meets talent”
Maybe Dusty should add that to his play list.
“I told him he’s not ready and for him to let me know when he’s ready.”
What does playing Friday and Saturday in Sugar Land accomplish that doing the same for the Astros wouldn’t? Either pull the plug for good or see how his shoulder responds as a DH in Houston.
It certainly feels likely that Brantley’s playing days are over, though.
Well, one important difference is that it would force a roster move that you might regret if Brantley immediately breaks down.
I get that, but from a health/playing perspective, either he can play without pain in his shoulder or he can’t. Whether that’s in Sugar Land or with the Astros.
Brantley is back.
I’ll believe it when I see him in the batters box
Edit: even then I’ll probably still be a bit skeptical
Let him get a game, much less several. We took a flyer on Verlander and it turned out well. Time will tell.
Julks and Singleton are the baseline game exposure limits. Brantley deserves that minimum, and that doesn’t account for his prior record. We need him, preferably healthy as he is able.
It could be a deepfake.
If Pete Gray can do it, so can Uncle Mike I’m optimistic
I could not watch the game last night. How did Brantley look?
He hit the ball hard, but right at people. He started all AB’s in serious pitcher’s counts but didn’t seem anxious. Only had one can of corn in LF, iirc.