Mark DeRosa retiring

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:25 pm

So says AA via Shi Davidi

That's a small amount of money saved and an opening on the 25-man roster.

He had a nice career

Wo1verine · Post #2 » by **Wo1verine** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:30 pm

Who is going to platoon with Lind now? :lol:

Santoki · Post #3 » by **Santoki** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:36 pm

I guess he didn't want to bother coming back to the team or that locker room (which apparently was fine).

Interesting.

dagger · Post #4 » by **dagger** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:11 am

Santoki wrote:I guess he didn't want to bother coming back to the team or that locker room (which apparently was fine).

Interesting.

I wondered when I heard this whether he would have played one more season somewhere if we had not picked up his option.

Randle McMurphy · Post #5 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:40 am

He was better than anybody could have expected last year and did everything asked of him and more.

They'll need to get somebody to replace his bat against LHP. Lind clearly cannot be allowed to face them.

Post #6 » by **Schad** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:42 am

Santoki wrote:I guess he didn't want to bother coming back to the team or that locker room (which apparently was fine).

Interesting.

There's been quite a bit of talk that he wants to go into broadcasting, and if someone approached him about that, his $750k salary isn't much incentive to delay.

LBJSeizedMyID · Post #7 » by **LBJSeizedMyID** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:45 am

Also think if he wanted to goto another team a trade could've been worked out

akakalakin · Post #8 » by **akakalakin** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:11 pm

Good the more turnover the better.

Now send Tanya Harding to Maicer's last known location. Maybe Melke will be close by.

Wo1verine · Post #9 » by **Wo1verine** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:35 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
Santoki wrote:I guess he didn't want to bother coming back to the team or that locker room (which apparently was fine).

Interesting.

There's been quite a bit of talk that he wants to go into broadcasting, and if someone approached him about that, his $750k salary isn't much incentive to delay.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/400628139744718848[/tweet]

Jays probably offered him a coaching gig in which he turned down.

Santoki · Post #10 » by **Santoki** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:26 pm

DeRosa struck me as a prototypical "coach". I'm surprised he didn't head that way, but he'll probably do so in time. This allows him a little separation from the game that maybe he needed. Plus, he's well-spoken so broadcasting should be an easy transition for him.

It still does come as a bit of a surprise. It would have been nice to have a veteran leader going into 2014 to help continue to mentor Lawrie and provide a bridge in that locker room.

IMAN5 · Post #11 » by **IMAN5** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:19 pm

I liked what he did for the team, and thought he was a good guy to have around the younger players.