Some Days The Bear Gets You…
No, not that Bear… the proverbial bear! I guess you are going to lose one-third of the games. It’s baseball… and sometimes it is maddening. The bottom of the lineup continues to be a problem. Vargas got a nice hit but now has to demonstrate that he can keep it up. Lux was 2-4…
No, not that Bear… the proverbial bear! I guess you are going to lose one-third of the games. It’s baseball… and sometimes it is maddening. The bottom of the lineup continues to be a problem. Vargas got a nice hit but now has to demonstrate that he can keep it up. Lux was 2-4 and is now at .203, but Teoscar is in a slump, having hit .219 in his last 30 games. Andy Pages is struggling, but there’s no reason for alarm… yet. By the time Max Muncy comes back, I think things will be a little clearer. I cannot see CT3 on this team past this month.
Vargas will have to seize the day if he wants to stay up, and while it was only one hit, the piece of hitting on his double last night shows his skill level. He quickly adjusted, got his hands in, and just went with the pitch…not trying to loft it. I think you will see that he can be a professional hitter. The onus is on him.
I still wonder about Andre Lipcius…
Down on the Farm
OKC BOX – Lipcius hit his 13th, and Outman was 1-2 with two walks and two runs scored. Feduccia was 3-4 with four RBI, and Gauthier had three hits as well. Casparius pitched five solid innings as well.
TULSA BOX – Dalton Rushing left the game early with a shoulder injury.
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Discussion (141)
Disagree, not disagreeable
Some steps to take now:
Move freeman to 4 behind Smith. At 35 Freeman is trending the wrong way.
Betts ss
Ohtani dh
Smith c
Freeman 1b
Teo rf
Muncy 3rd
Vargas lf
Rojas 2b
Pages cf
With smith out move Freddie back
Against righties lux in Heyward in
Of course, to consummate trades there has to be willing partners. But the fact remains, if Friedman is going to make a trade (or 2) to address the Dodgers 5 to 9 production problems, then he’d better not wait until near the July 30 trade deadline to do it. By then it will be much harder for him to get whatever player(s) he covets.
Taylor is the 26 man on the team. He is not costing them games. He plays once a week, maybe.
He is going to be valuable come October, you just don’t toss him aside.
No better teammate than CT3 either. He aint going anywhere.