QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 15, 2010 -> 05:28 PM)
The Sox have gotten better production out of the 2 guys brought into be the backup platoon DH than I expected, mainly because of Jones.
The problem has been...when Jones plays, they've been putting Quentin or Pierre at DH, and until the last 2 weeks Pierre wasn't hitting, and Quentin isn't hitting at all.
The rotation Dh would be putting up stellar numbers...if Carlos Quentin was hitting at all.
Kotsay has 1 hit as a DH. Jones is hitting .258 as a DH. Quentin hasn't hit well but does have 7 of the 12 RBI as the DH and he isn't even about 1/3 of his AB. You can say Jones has been better than expected, it still doesn't answer why the Sox did not go out and get another bat. Ozzie thought the offense was fine. KW went with it. 2 huge mistakes. Quentin is 4-34 with 1 hr and 7 rbi as a DH. If he were 9-34 I really don't think the overall DH numbers become stellar, and perhaps one reason he isn't hitting is because he's the DH. Again, a lot of players have trouble adjusting to being a DH. Even Frank Thomas. The whole rotating DH thing is just another toy that Ozzie doesn't need to be playing with. Having a defender the ilk of Teahen playing 3B last night so Omar Vizquel can DH is a joke.