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Still a lot of things to shake out this year that IMO affects this decision. 1. Is Silent J the heir apparent to RF? 2. Is Beavers taking the next step and showing as a viable starting OF? 3. Is Fabian taking the next step to be a legit 4th OF who can play all 3 positions? I will be very surprised if Taters is on the team next year. Honestly I think that if he is it will be due to failure of the young guys to show out. Good thing for us is we have enough of them that I don’t think that will happen.

Remove Bradish and I will maybe agree. To me this guy is destined for the pen, where hopefully his swing and miss stuff plays up even more. Could be an important piece, but I’m not getting my hopes up too far after two appearances.

Remember when we were worried about Westys power?!?

I’m not sure what we were to expect. But expecting some struggle is realistic.

I think many were expecting him to come up and not miss a beat.

And the difference with Cowser and Holliday is the team around him. Right now, our lineup is deep and talented, which allows them to let Holliday struggle through without majorly affecting the outcomes of games. Plus there really isn’t an incumbent player pushing him for time. Hays was the entrenched starter last year when Cowser came up, so the only way he was going to play in a pennant race was if he hit as he has this year. The problem with Holliday is purely this: unrealistic expectations. Give him some time. We will reap the benefits of this patience later in the season. You add his bat to what we already have?!?! Watch out!

What were your expectations where for him?

With those players I flip Gunnar/Adley and O’Hearn/Mountcastle

Nice to see Ceddy getting going, I really think he is a key player that can take our offense to the next level.

To the bolded, I thought it was quite telling yesterday that O’Hearn who is on a heater was lifted for Urias yesterday, but Cowser was not lifted for Hays. Both would be high average guys lifted for current strugglers.

With the makeup of the outfield, Hays is the perfect supplement as a 4th OF that plays a touch more than one. My guess is he plays LF tonight with Cowser sliding to RF. And I bet he makes a positive impact. Rising tides lift all boats.

Does he give anyone else Nolan Reimold vibes at the plate? I mean this for how he looks/swings as much as approach. Not the same player but his swing reminds me a lot of Nolan.

Free Urias!!!! Free Hays!!!

I would say doubtful.

Is there anywhere to find out how hard Gunnar’s throw was after the diving stop? That was an absolute missile.