Don’t Extend Puig

[grampahol]

(02-26-2019, 03:20 PM)Circleville Guy Wrote: The Reds PR Team have definitely built Puig up to more than he’s been so far in his career. He kinda feels like a Brandon Phillips type personality on steroids. I’ve never been a fan of hotdog players, especially ones that are just above average players. No matter how modern times get, I still believe in the team concept. It’s been reported before that his teammates disliked him, stuff like this is probably why. I’d never knowingly lock up a player that admits that he gives it his all whenever he feels like it.

Brandon Phillips actually backed up a lot of his bravado with his glove and his bat up until old man age caught up. I think he got a bad rap personally. Some of his defensive plays were mind bogglingly good. Puig has never been anywhere near the same page as Phillips, defensively nor offensively.. To me Puig is more talk than anything, an average player at best with a bigger than big league ego..  Still, I hope he has a great season, hits over .300 and can do well in the OF. The reason being that he's a Reds player. I want every Reds player to be in the running for MVP every season.  Then again I've often wished with a handful of **** in one hand and wishes in the other.. lol