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Originally Posted by Dunerdr
God this makes me happy. Not for the skills he may learn but the acknowledgement that he needs to improve. I feel like Dee Ford never made a huge effort to improve until in was contract time. I always wonder about guys who come in the league and never really move the needle from there, do they know they need to get better or are they just blaming the coaching staff, situation, injuries ECT? Like John Baldwin felt like the exact same player on day one as the day he walked out the door to me.
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This is one of the reasons I was high on FAU.
It's one thing to have the talent/upside, but if you don't have the work ethic and desire to be great, it doesn't really matter.
I thought FAU had both, and that's what made him a worthy swing at 31 last year IMO.