4/9: World Champeen Cubs (Jake the Bearded Snake) @ Brewers (Zach "not Greinke" Davies) 1:10PM CST on WGN

[mikeyt34]

 

Ewww. Has everybody forgotten that javy is a terrible hitter against most pitchers? I love him but the hot playoffs and spectacular defensive highlights have made everyone nuts.

 

David, that's the type of thinking that has the Cardinals where they are today. Anything Javy does at the plate is extra gravy, his glove however is game changing.

 

Meant to reply to this yesterday but my phone screwed up the post and I gave up on it, but this just is an absurdly drastic overstatement.

 

The choice between Baez and a lesser fielding 2B who can hit a lot better isn't the choice between a great defense and the Cardinals, nor is the notion true that Javy can be a complete non-contributor at the plate (what you're saying) and still be an impact "game changing" player because of his glove. What you described is basically Darwin Barney at his peak.

 

Fair enough. I just think Javy can win the job at 2B outright by next year if he shows he can handle RHP more effectively. Joe will have his hands full keeping everyone happy regardless, especially if Happ enters the mix. Here's an article by Patrick Mooney from a couple of days ago about this very subject that I thought was kind of interesting.

 

http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-cubs/cubs-javier-baez-beginning-takeover-second-base-job-ben-zobrist-joe-maddon