I didn’t know that about Martinez. And Fernandez is young and raw at minimum.Cushing explained Martinez is not playing because he last played in May and has not had an actual pre season and it's probably better if he didn't play cause he's not ready. Guess he's in the 18 taking up a spot simply for emergency sub? Probably why he doesn't play Fernandez that much either, but then again, he has baffled us all and started him one game where he was completely gassed 5 minutes in and had his worst performance.
Perea getting minutes is baffling when both parks and sands are healthy. Yeah, he gives us a slightly different look. he's more mobile and athletic than Sands (who is not having his best season) but as you said, 2024, he's gone. what's the point at this point in the season?
In sum, we added 1 player meant to add goals this summer which is treading water while selling Gaby. Regardless of what they say they didn’t really try to salvage 2023 and I can’t say that was wrong by the time July came.