This Andy Van Slyke radio rant is making the rounds. It seems his son told him that Clayton Kershaw wants Yasiel Puig gone from the Dodgers. Van Slyke also blames Robinson Cano for everyone on the Mariners getting fired:
“Your highest-paid, supposedly best player — I mean, Robinson’s not a bad guy. Let me just say that before I say anything bad about how he played. But Robinson Cano was the single-worst, third-place, everyday player I’ve ever seen — I’ve ever seen for the first half of a major-league baseball season. He couldn’t drive home Miss Daisy if he tried. Couldn’t do it. He couldn’t get a hit when it mattered. He played the worst defense I’ve ever seen at second — I mean I’m talking about the worst defensive second baseman EVER, I’ve ever seen in 20 years in the big leagues.
“He couldn’t catch the ball, he couldn’t … well, I take that back. Any ball that was hit to him, it was an out. Any ball that he had a chance to turn a double play, he’s still maybe one of the best in the game today. Great arm. But I’m telling you Frank: Robinson Cano cost the GM his job, the hitting coach got fired because of Cano, and the manager and the coaches got fired because of Cano because that’s how much of an impact he has on the organization.”
The problem, of course, is that Cano was sick the first half of the season, suffering as a result of a parasitic infection. Maybe he should have sat down until he was better.
Van Slyke didn’t do anything in that rant that will encourage another team to hire him.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1kKhsYe
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