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scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

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They know what Flaherty can do, and Cabrera isn't the defensive player Flaherty is, and maybe they are just trying to give him some reps?

You might very well be right, who knows at this point, other than God and Buck? LOL

Flash is my pick too. I'm just voting the hot hand to be right. :D

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MarylandAaron Major Leaguer Rising Star

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Flaherty for opening day (4 for 9 with 2 doubles) against Archer, Cabrera most days after that.

Hah, good call. Buck loves playing the matchups, so this could very well happen. I too favor Cabrera to start most days too, just because he adds a speed element that's so blatantly missing from this team.

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Surprised by the Flaherty votes. Not sure what more Cabrera needs to to do to prove his capabilities. This is one of the reasons he was signed in the first place, to start at SS if JJ had to spend time on the DL.

How about play good defense and not be late on throws and not be an error machine?

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Flaherty for opening day (4 for 9 with 2 doubles) against Archer, Cabrera most days after that.

Good point. And this can't be proven obviously, but even if for only the one game, I think Buck would start Flash on OD on principle....loyalty...Flash has been here. Just my hunch. I'll be genuinely surprised if Flash doesn't start on OD.

So I'd agree....Flash for OD, and then Cabrera most of the time until JJ's back. I think we know what we have in Flash - a versatile utility player who Buck is comfortable with. Cabrera has had some injuries and has been inconsistent, but I don't think anyone can deny that his ceiling is significantly higher than Flash.

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Good point. And this can't be proven obviously, but even if for only the one game, I think Buck would start Flash on OD on principle....loyalty...Flash has been here. Just my hunch. I'll be genuinely surprised if Flash doesn't start on OD.

So I'd agree....Flash for OD, and then Cabrera most of the time until JJ's back. I think we know what we have in Flash - a versatile utility player who Buck is comfortable with. Cabrera has had some injuries and has been inconsistent, but I don't think anyone can deny that his ceiling is significantly higher than Flash.

Could be, but if Buck thinks he can resurrect the 2013 Cabrera he won't worry about Flash's feelings.

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Holy cherry-picking, Batman! When you're citing batting average instead of stats that actually mean something...

Tell that to Ted Williams, George Brett, Rod Carew...

Implying that batting average doesn't ''actually mean something'' is ridiculous. Firstly, it's a true ratio, not a contrived formula. Secondly, OBP is built primarily on BA. Thirdly, most players with low BAs aren't getting walked a lot.

I agree that guys like Everth should be judged by OBP more than by BA, since he's a base stealer and run scorer more than he is a run producer. But BA is not ''pure luck,'' as some have asserted. There's very little luck to batting average to begin with, and even that gets evened out. The highest BAs are almost always held by excellent hitters. (Denver-effect not withstanding).

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How about play good defense and not be late on throws and not be an error machine?

You think Flaherty rates as the better defender at SS? I don't. Flaherty does not have the range nor arm strength from the hole that Cabrera does.

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Tell that to Ted Williams, George Brett, Rod Carew...

Implying that batting average doesn't ''actually mean something'' is ridiculous. Firstly, it's a true ratio, not a contrived formula. Secondly, OBP is built primarily on BA. Thirdly, most players with low BAs aren't getting walked a lot.

I agree that guys like Everth should be judged by OBP more than by BA, since he's a base stealer and run scorer more than he is a run producer. But BA is not ''pure luck,'' as some have asserted. There's very little luck to batting average to begin with, and even that gets evened out. The highest BAs are almost always held by excellent hitters. (Denver-effect not withstanding).

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You think Flaherty rates as the better defender at SS? I don't. Flaherty does not have the range nor arm strength from the hole that Cabrera does.

Yeah, it looks to me that Cabrera is the better defender at SS from what I've seen.

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