Journeyman has one excellent season in hitter-friendly Arlington, entices that sucker Stoneman into giving GMJ the winning lottery numbers. Immediately goes back to suckitude.

The scarlet A is on this mofo. As John Kerry would say, sometimes ya just gotta cut and run.

Muscle tear = injury

Injuries generally = subpar performance.

Take a look at Matthews’ stats last year prior to the injury (i.e., up until roughly late August). There were some slumps, but the power and average were fairly consistent with what the Rangers saw in ‘06. Maybe not quite as inflated an average as comes from such a hitter’s park, but up there.

I’ll again argue that GMJ should be placed on the DL for the remainder of the season and allowed to heal, maybe even forced into surgery that he clearly doesn’t want to undergo. Give him another chance when he’s at full strength next year.

If he’s hitting .220 or below-with a legitimate number of at bats-on July 1, 2009, THEN DFA him.

There is a procedure described in the Basic Agreement that seems to be straightforward. If he’s admitting to an injury, and it’s backed up by a valid medical diagnosis, how can GMJ refuse to go on the DL? Given the obvious diminution in his abilities, why is the team indulging him? It’s not as if they don’t have others to fill his role more effectively than he is in his injured condition.