Watching videos on how to play second can give you a rundown of the general awkwardness. Shortstop has the advantage of always being brought toward second, so everything is very natural.
It's not like he's bad though (well, he was that one year, but he did have that wrist injury). He's always an All-Star caliber player at minimum. You could argue that more top end consistency could come in his prime.
I still think he will. There's no way he signs a deal without an opt out around year 29 or 30.
Hal is a bit different from his father, George. I don't think they want to get deep into the luxury tax. Furthermore, the Yankees are desperate for starting pitching next year.
This is the problem with the new luxury tax rules: It is effectively a soft salary cap, from the players perspective there is no floor, and teams can choose to spend or not spend. The players have already caved on this, so they should now go one step further and just agree to a cap and floor structure. Baseball's "middle class" isn't getting paid in FA, so this would be a way to ensure that they do.
I don't trust Dave Leitao. Allegedly, DePaul offered $200K for Brian Bowen in the Louisville deposition against Rick Pitino. Tyger Campbell committed ... only to decommit after the FBI report came out. Leitao hired the head basketball coach of LaLumiere High School. LaLumiere is where Bowen, Campbell, and ex Illini recruit, Jeremiah Tillmon, went to high school. Leitao brought the scrutiny on himself.
That is true. Major college basketball is so corrupt, there are only a handful of head coaches doing it right. Seriously, it's like Beilein, Bennett, and Brey and then everyone else.
