Eh….Im still kind of baffled by Hardy’s short leash on Collin. Key is a rookie who plays like a rookie and he doesn’t seem to have a longer leash. Compare that to Sexton and the way he’s playing…just doesn’t seem like they have a ton of confidence either. Earlier in the season, it also seemed like Hardy was giving every chance to THT and Key to take that spot over Sexton. With the way he’s played, you would think he’d have a leash like Clarkson but that just doesn’t seem to be the case.
They might have changed their tone on him since Sexton started playing better….but my guess is that they are still relatively low on him. Sexton played well last year as well, but it didn’t seem like he earned any trust.
Total speculation, but it wouldn’t surprise me if DA was looking at this hot streak as a means to trade while stock is high rather than changing his opinion and trying to build around Sexton.