Send in Your Questions for Free For All Mailbag
Next week is going to be out final Free For All Mailbag for the season — and I probably won’t have another one for a month or so. So if you have any nagging ideas on issues I haven’t much addressed this year, now’s the time to get them in!
The international signings that included Matos, Luciano and Pomares, if you had been told that one of them would be a sometime starter on the big club, would you say that matched expectations? I know all of them have a decade or so of productive careers ahead of them, but if Matos is the only one of that class to make it (and stay a big leaguer), would that still be considered a good outcome? And would you say the 4th member of note from that class Victor Bericoto had a similar year to what we might have seen an uninjured Jairo Pomares produce?
What's the long-term prognosis for Whisenhunt? I read he's expected to make a full recovery and be ready for spring training next year which is fantastic, but how much does this increase the likelihood for a Tommy John down the road? Will Whisenhunt have to adjust as a pitcher in response if it does increase risk of an injury?