The thing about Mervis in the short term is this team really can’t afford another lost year of black hole production at 1B. If you go into 2024 with Mervis penciled in, he has to produce. We’ve been lying to ourselves that it’s easy to replace 1B production ever since Rizzo left. They can’t spend 60% of the next season putting themselves in a self imposed hole and expect to dig out and be gifted a fill in at the deadline. Mervis should be a backup option for 2024, not the first choice.