I would be lying if I said that over the course of this past season I didn’t expect “Down and Out” to start playing as the three-hole hitter walked to the plate. But as the season progressed for the Tampa Bay Rays and reality set in that number three wasn’t playing and hitting third, I stopped looking and listening. Matt Duffy settled into the hot corner and the Rays moved on. The Rays went on to win ninety games and Evan Longoria’s Giants almost lost ninety.
Was Erik Neander right to trade the face of the franchise for Matt Krook, Stephen Woods, Denard Span, and more importantly Christian Arroyo?