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Why is Tony still batting 4th? Move Westy to #3 and Mounty to #4; or vice versa but good grief Hyde... come on.... Tony should be down at the 7/8 slot.

This. He should have had two hits last night. Not sure if Hyde will play him this afternoon with a lefty starting but I don't see a need to send him down.

Is Mountcastle most likely resting again? If Tony is playing, I'd hope with this lineup Hyde starts moving him down. O'Hearn, Westburg, and Cowser are better hitters for the 3/4/5 spots. If Mountcastle is available - O'Hearn / Kjerstad should be RF/DH. Sit Tony.

I'd be fine with Kjerstad taking some playing time (OF & DH) away from Santander. I don't think there would be any drop off in our offense productivity and especially with our young guys (Cowser and Westburg) starting to breakout

Guys, just save yourself all of the stress......no need to dive into all the stats, matchups, etc. O's sweep the Royals. Holliday gets his first ML HR. Enjoy your weekend.

This. I brought this up before. Sure he has some bad 0-1 calls go against him and next thing you know he is 0-2 just swinging away. But look at the pitches thrown to him at #9 and then go look at the pitches thrown to Gunnar, and it's a joke. He is getting painted on every corner.

A new PA person and system would be great too.

Does anyone know if Zach Hample was at the game yesterday. I know he's chasing Holidays first HR ball but just saying.......

It's only a 3rd of the ABs / Games. The hits will come the numbers will get better. The point being, it doesn't look pretty at first but there is no reason to panic.

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No Cowser vs RHP? with an off day tomorrow.... IMO either its Hays or Santander in RF today.

I have watched a lot of his AB's and it looks like pitchers are just painting the corners on him. He has not gotten anything really in the zone. It's crazy that the pitchers attack him and then next up is Gunnar and he gets a hanging slider / changeup in the lower zone that he just pummels. It's tough to see him struggle but I think he will build and learn from this. He's not going anywhere.

Maybe, just maybe... one of these games - we won't have to play from behind early. We should be able to easily snag 2 out of 3, but if the lineup starts clicking it could be an easy sweep.

Meh. Santander has not been playing well since the second half of last year. He had a couple "streaky" months (May 2023 & August 2023) but statistically everything from the second half and into this season, is not pretty. We got some young guys (Stowers / Kjerstad) knocking on the door but are we going to just stick it out with him this season.... we know we are not re-signing him, maybe it's time to explore some options.