[pgkdan]

Wow! What a great article. Things were worse with Matty than I thought.

I wish Desmond had signed that contract. I really believe his struggles this year came from pressing too hard because it was his FA year. Shame.

[BluesDuke]

Desmond isn't the first player who pressed a) in his walk year, or b) upon signing a big new deal trying to live up to the deal. I can remember Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt having a bad (for him) season right after signing his first big big deal, and he admitted later he was trying too hard to live up to it.