Final Bench Job Hoffpauir's to Lose

[haubrich91]

The thing that scares me is we don't really have a back-up shortstop. You can't expect Fontenot/Miles to play there and be decent.

[Bull]

The thing that scares me is we don't really have a back-up shortstop. You can't expect Fontenot/Miles to play there and be decent.

 

They'd be ok if we had Cal Ripken Jr at short, but since they'll actually be playing there, it is a bit of a concern. Add to the fact there's significant suspicion whether Theriot will repeat last year's performance......

 

Yeah, I'm scared.

[Bull]

So it looks like the bench is going to look something like

 

Hoffpauir

Miles

Johnson

Bako/Hill

German/Gathright/maybe Scales

 

looking at German's BR page I didn't realized he can/has played so many positions, though it does like he plays below avg. defense at all positions.

 

Gathright is going to make the team.

 

As long as Miles can play short stop and 3b from time to time, Gathright might be the best thing for the team. Between he, Taguchi, and German,their bats seem to be similar. However, Gathrights amazing speed is a great asset to have and when chosing between 3 mediocre at best bats, that could be the deciding factor. If Lou was looking for a better offensive palyer, he would have gone with Fox or Snyder, depending if he wanted a lefty or a righty, but with them both out of the running, its clear hes looking for other weapons. To be honst, Im not sure any of the 3 are any better of an option than Sam Fuld, who is at that age when its time to either give him a shot or let him go to another team who he might stand a chance with.

 

Fuld in 28 ABs .250/.364/.500 2 HR

Gathright in 45 ABs .244/.358/.244 7SB

So in 38 ABs .263/.404/.368

 

 

Easy there. Way too many short white guys on this roster already.