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I know we disagree but it is physically impossible to stretch him out this year. He is either reliever in the minors or a reliever in the majors.

That's what he needs to learn. He will never be a starter unless he does.

Crochet needs to go step in some poop. He's got all bad luck.

The Sox can't catch up to the fastball on the inner half and can't layoff offspeed low and away. Bad combo

Sorry, I thought you were referring Lynn.

Want to wager he comes out for 1 batter in the 7th?

Yep. Among others. No one is hitting.

The Sunday lineup for Cleveland is outperforming the best lineup foe the Sox.

It's not an excuse. It's real live 4D chess in baseball. Lamb and Hamilton are not useless. These types of guys are on every good tram. That's the purpose of having really good starters, so that the subs are good situational players. Uts far too short sighted to not have guys like this on the team. The way its going though it may be Vaughn once the MiLB season starts.

Of course hitting matters. But its mostly the starters. The subs in the field usually revolve around defense and what the offer in pinch hitting and baserunning. Mendick was not on the team because there was no place for him when everyone was healthy. Plus he had options. Teams still like it. could be Madrigal or Engel.

True but neither have the LH power off the bench or the defense at 3B. Leury can handle all of the others. Mendick can't be the 5th or 6th OF. This team lacks LH power.

I understand. I was working for the Marlins at Kane County during that no hitter.

If you focus solely on hitting yes. Unfortunately there is a thing called defense that must be addressed as well. There is a reason that Mendick started the season at the alternate site. It's a more balanced team with Leury playing all of the positions. Plus Mendick has options. It allows more situational players such as Lamb, who has better defense at 3B and more power against RHP than Mendick and Hamilton who is a better baserunner than Mendick.

Again, Mendick and Leury are redundant. It's the reason they have a supersub to cover the entire field. They have a more balanced roster with leury, lamb and Hamilton. The only one of the bunch that has options is Mendick. They may lose the others with a DFA.

Is it only MLB? Numbers say parlay Washington and the rangers for NHL. There is an 82% probability that it wins.

I usually am as i'm old and disagree with nearly everything posted on this board. Which is why I don't post nearly as often as I used to except for injuries.

But what is the difference between the defense at 3B for Lamb vs. Mendick or Garcia? They really don't have a 3B other than Lamb. Garcia and Mendick are in similar roles with Mendick having options.

I don't think that the difference between Leury's hitting and Mendick's hitting is enough to offset the positional and switch hitting versatility

You won't see Collins catch a day game after a night game.

They have to hope that Garcia isn't next up in the lineup then. Or on the bench as the supersub.

The questions will be Lamb or Hamilton. I don't see anyway Mendick makes the cut until Leury get injured. Leury and Medick are redundant with Leury being a switch hitter and able to play the OF, that gives him the advantage

Possible. But i think they really like the base running ability of Hamilton over anyone else. That's why they signed him.

You can say it all you want. It's not happening. They want a real 3B and an LH hitter. None of the others are real 3B.

The reason Collins caught yesterday was so that Grandal could catch today. They will always have different catchers on day games following night games.

Hamilton will be there for the pinch running and 10 th inning replacement. Mendick isn't those.