Renteria didn't block DeRosa in Atlanta. DeRo's last year with the Braves was 2004 and Edgar was in St. Louis at the time. When DeRosa came up, he was blocked by Walt Weiss (his first 2 years) and then Rafael Furcal at short. At second, he was blocked by Keith Lockhart, Quilvio Veras and then Giles. He was always only a good utility player for the Braves and never was considered starter material until 05 when he went to Texas. He's played 138 career major league games at short and all but 24 of those came with Atlanta. Well i was wrong with the players. Just trying to keep you in line. :wink: I really think Theriot will start the season at short, but if he struggles early (which is very likely) then Lou will ease DeRosa over there. He won't put up with Theriot if he doesn't perform. Yeah i think we should start the season with Theriot. He really didnt do anything to lose his job.