Sammy Sofa
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That's honestly the crazy lineup I was thinking I'd prefer. We're really splitting hairs at this point between Castro and Fowler in terms of who has the worse bat, and with Castro there's still reason to play him because you need him to turn it around, whether because you're trading him or because he's on the team next year. Make Fowler Coghlan's platoon-buddy (but play him in CF when he starts and have Bryant in LF) and bump Denorfria to the bench. Coghlan/Fowler - LF/CF Rizzo -1B Bryant - LF/CF Soler - RF Baez - 3B Russell - SS Montero/Body - C P Castro - 2B There's my Sunday morning madness.
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He is, but so is Russell right now. We have so many hitters struggling that switching the batting order around won't do much good; it would just involve a different struggling/bad hitter moving in front of another. True, though at this point I'd rather see Addison get more PA's.
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Yeah, good thing there's no chance Baez can be that bad. Maybe, maybe not. At least it will be different. Better D and more power is almost guaranteed. Hopefully he's an improvement offensively, though I think some people are too hung up on the idea of him being so much better defensively. The bat is ideally what separates the two of them. Plus wouldn't/shouldn't he be more likely to actually end up at 2B between him and Russell?
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Yeah, good thing there's no chance Baez can be that bad.
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Huh? They're definitely not very good defensively, but they're essentially neck and neck with the Cubs when it comes to fielding. The Sox are 29th in defensive efficiency and 30th by a healthy margin in UZR. UZR can smooch my big white butt. It's flimflam.
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Huh? They're definitely not very good defensively, but they're essentially neck and neck with the Cubs when it comes to fielding.
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Why on earth would the Padres make that deal? It's possible Castro has some value..who knows. But yeah throwing Jackson in there completely kills this as a viable trade offer. Caatro definitely has value even with his terrible season. He's only 25 and under a very team-friendly deal; based on his past success I have little doubt that plenty of FO's will think they can fix him. But yeah, THAT deal seems to be hinged on the Padres mostly just looking to swap money for reasons.
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That's the good news. Bad news is the Cubs can't hit anyone. Hey, they've got 3 hits and a walk off of him, too. They can hit pitchers; they just have a lot of trouble for stretches actually driving the runners in.
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Orrrrrr they just keep up the approach they've had and drive him out in 5th or 6th. He's already at 74 pitches.
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Somehow they've made sale throw 74 pitches already. Huh.
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Teagarden = http://www.cbc.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1897289.1408652205!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/hi-tenderizing-steak-852.jpg
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Yoink!
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Go Addison!
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Man, we didn't even get the usual "I'm insanely good with the bat for the first week of the month and then unspeakably terrible the rest" out of Montero in July. Boooooooooo.
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The likely difference between Castro and Baez defensively would probably be pretty negligible. It basically all comes down to how much better offensively Baez should be.
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Flip Castro and Russell and run with that until Baez shows up and/or trades happen.
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javy's defense is very good I know.
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Cubs win in very stressful fashion, 2-1.
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People might be overstating the difference defensively just a wee bit.
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What's the projection right now as to when Baez can even begin playing rehab games?
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I think they are definitely built to win now, and it shows by how much they have won despite their stretches of struggling.
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Oh, obviously, and I'm very happy to see them doing so much better. It definitely was a case of a switch being flipped in terms of them not being terrible, but I guess I was thinking/hoping it wasn't going to be quite this much of a battle this often once they were a team able to stay this far above .500. It's not likely to stay this way, but right now it does make a lot of the games a lot more frustrating or even somewhat less enjoyable than what might expect from a team that was just 10 games over .500.
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Teams are often apprehensive to go out and replace players all the time. It doesn't just have to be wanting to see new guys play it out; guys get the benefit of the doubt in that regard because of money or veteran status and the like all the time. That's hardly a mindset exclusive to a team with several young players.
