09-01-2019, 07:21 PM
(09-01-2019, 06:25 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: The thing about Bauer is his personality. He is sort of a cerebral, detached personality, introvert type. I only learned about his injuries from prior interviews. He is extremely frustrated and a perfectionist. He is playing through the injury to help his team. Don't give up on him just yet. He is a bull-dog and is probably more upset with his performance than we can imagine.
The thing is that he has only hurt his team. I hope that he hasn’t caused himself a worse injury that will follow him into next year because of pitching while hurt. It’s strictly about numbers for me. If he will cost 15-18 million next year then I wonder if it would be better to go in another direction. That’s nothing against Bauer, I’m that way about all of the players. Sometimes fans get too sentimental with players, Votto being a great example. It’s will be another 4th or 5th place finish next year if Votto and Bauer have similar years next year, given that they will make over 40 Mil. between the two.
