Well, with the elections held in January, you could say David is not much of a Winter Soldier…but that's stretching things.
Hey, do you want to get REALLY angry? Of course you do! Allow me, then…
…Carlos Mendoza interview, in which the skipper talks about how excited he is to add Soto to the talent pool.…
…which includes Frankie Sweet Money
…and Nimmo
…and Vientos and Alvarez
…and Brett Baty (wtf???) and Our Acuņa.
Mendoza Line also discusses the pitching, and what a great leader The Decaying Corpse of Starling Marte is, and how he's glad that Winker the Stinker is accepting the role of 4th OF and how they're working with Vientos to learn 1B, taking throws and teaching him positioning…
…and NOT A SINGLE mention of (nor reference to) the six-year incumbent at 1B. Not even "Mark is learning 1B to give him more skills, besides 3B and OF". Nope. Swaggy V is playing exactly ONE position in 2025, it seems. And it's not the Hot Corner, it's the (former) Polar Ice Cap.
Grr.
(Also zero mention of McNeil, which is strange, given that AFAIK, Jeff is still on the team. Huh. Time for
Baty and Marte, but not Our Beloved Squirrel?? Huh.)