August 19, 201214 yr Say what you will about the man, but Hanley is on absolute fire right now. From what I saw in the LA-Marlins series, Hanley seemed to have shortened his swing a bunch from that long, flashy home run swing. Supposedly (according to Rich and Tommy), Eduardo Perez had been trying to get Hanley to work on that all season. Eduardo and Tony Perez, Andre Dawson: "You need to shorten your swing, and a smaller leg kick." Hanley: "I can't figure this out." Don Mattingly and whoever the hitting coach in LA is: "You need to shorten your swing, and a smaller leg kick." Hanley: "It all makes sense now!"
August 19, 201214 yr That's pretty much why Hanley had to go. It's possible that he can be a great player again, but I don't think he was ever going to do it in Miami.
August 19, 201214 yr Ozzie Guillen not surprised. http://espn.go.com/m...st-homer-antics What's dumber, making that stupid gesture while rounding the bases, or the manager of a last place team criticizing a player on another team for making a stupid gesture while rounding the bases? Ozzie likes to act like he's old school, but he is a horrible attention whore himself.
August 19, 201214 yr Hanley has a little spring in his step now in a new city and with a new team. But, once a lazy, self-entitled, immature, prima donna; always a lazy, self-entitled, immature, prima-donna. Don't worry yourselves, before long, Hanley will be back to his antics and tantrums. You just cant change how people are.
August 19, 201214 yr I personally hope he gets caught with PED's three times. He's arrogant enough where he probably thinks he can get away with it.
August 19, 201214 yr Hanley has a little spring in his step now in a new city and with a new team. But, once a lazy, self-entitled, immature, prima donna; always a lazy, self-entitled, immature, prima-donna. Don't worry yourselves, before long, Hanley will be back to his antics and tantrums. You just cant change how people are. That doesn't say anything about his play. If he continues this run with the Dodgers no one will care about his antics. People just need to forget about him already. He doesn't play for us anymore. I hope this topic gets locked.
August 19, 201214 yr Hanley's like that girlfriend you once had who never gave it up, but becomes a slut a month after you break up with her. Just forget it and move on.
August 19, 201214 yr Hanley stats with LAD: .330 BA, .392 OBP, 4 HR's, 27 RBI's, 16 runs--23 games. He has 2+ hits in each of his last 5 games. Surprisingly, despite a .323 career BA at Dodger Stadium, he's just 6 for 32 (.188 BA) there this season.
August 20, 201214 yr Hanley's like that girlfriend you once had who never gave it up, but becomes a slut a month after you break up with her. Just forget it and move on. Who's hanleys best friend and how fast can we get him drunk? We all know who Hanley's best friend is.
August 20, 201214 yr McGough is actually having a very good year and looks like he can be a good reliever down the road. Has been great since he came to jupiter
May 6, 201412 yr Pretty even deal actually. Not even close. Hanley put up a 5 WAR last year. To this point, we got creamed, even including salary. If Eovaldi hits his ceiling, then it's maybe not awful, but there's basically no way we "won" this trade.
May 6, 201412 yr Not even close. Hanley put up a 5 WAR last year. To this point, we got creamed, even including salary. If Eovaldi hits his ceiling, then it's maybe not awful, but there's basically no way we "won" this trade. I don't know where I said we "won" this trade anywhere. I just said it's pretty even. Hanley put up a 5 WAR last year... For how much money? And what's he doing this year for like $17 Mill? And how much value is he gonna bring LA for the next three years when he's playing in New York and Eovaldi is still here? Pretty even deal IMO.
May 6, 201412 yr I don't think Hanley is as good as people think. I feel like he'll put up similar numbers to those he was putting up in his last couple years here. They aren't bad numbers, but it's not 5 WAR. I peg him closer to 3-3.5 WAR. Don't get me wrong, that's not a bad player to have - however, I think the trade will end up being pretty even.
May 6, 201412 yr even years later that doesn't change the fact that AT THE TIME with the info available this was a pretty pathetic return for hanley. i like Eovaldi a lot but that deal was still a lame duck at the time.
May 6, 201412 yr even years later that doesn't change the fact that AT THE TIME with the info available this was a pretty pathetic return for hanley. i like Eovaldi a lot but that deal was still a lame duck at the time. Not really, at the time Hanley was underperforming and way over paid. The advantage for LA was the hope he could turn it around. The hope for us was to save the cash and add a power arm with potential. It worked out both ways IMO.
May 6, 201412 yr I have a feeling a lot of people are going to wake up tomorrow morning pissed. Who the **** is Nathan Eovaldi? Wow. Wow. WOW! I guess we know now......so far this didn't turn out to be a horrible mistake and a bust. Beinfest must have been doing dugs that day.
May 6, 201412 yr I don't know where I said we "won" this trade anywhere. I just said it's pretty even. Hanley put up a 5 WAR last year... For how much money? And what's he doing this year for like $17 Mill? And how much value is he gonna bring LA for the next three years when he's playing in New York and Eovaldi is still here? Pretty even deal IMO. I didn't say you said we won. We didn't win. And it's not remotely even thus far. You'll extrapolate from 30 games to fit stuff within your rose-colored glasses, but that doesn't mean it's accurate. And even with what looks like a very unlucky start for Hanley (based on LD%, HR/FB%, and BABIP), he's still on pace for a 3+ WAR season.
May 6, 201412 yr I didn't say you said we won. We didn't win. And it's not remotely even thus far. You'll extrapolate from 30 games to fit stuff within your rose-colored glasses, but that doesn't mean it's accurate. And even with what looks like a very unlucky start for Hanley (based on LD%, HR/FB%, and BABIP), he's still on pace for a 3+ WAR season. And what's Eovaldi on pace for?
May 6, 201412 yr And what's Eovaldi on pace for? He's at 1.2 fWAR and 1.0 rWAR already, after putting up 1.5/2.2 last season.
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