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Noland Reimold... for Real this Time?

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I think Buck likes him in RF over Trumbo and likes Trumbo over Alvarez at DH. As long as Trumbo hits we'll be seeing a lot of Nolan in RF.

I understand why people would have this point of view, but I think if we give Alvarez time to iron out his wrinkles, he will be DH monster at OPACY.

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Weak side of a partial platoon.

I don't know...Reimold does not have big splits. If he is healthy and hitting, he might as well play regularly or not at all. He could be a right-handed Markakis. Then again, maybe he needs to play part time in order to stay healthy. Still, he is so red hot right now I would be tempted to see how he does with some ABs against RHP. If that means pushing Pedro to the bench then so be it. He would improve the defense by moving Trumbo to DH. He will certainly have a higher OBP than Pedro and might even supply some pop. Even if Pedro is hitting to his career norms, a healthy Reimold is arguably a better player, and right now Pedro isn't hitting.

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With Remold and Rickard hitting, Jones coming back now and Alvarez sure to start heating up this summer, I don't even remember that Fowler guy anymore. Hey, even Kim got a legit hit the the other night.

I agree, this season we have plenty of OF options. Rickard helped that situation a lot, as did Trumbo. Reimold has always been for real, its just that he is finally past the achilles and then neck injury. Kim even appears to be a contributor.

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I don't know...Reimold does not have big splits. If he is healthy and hitting, he might as well play regularly or not at all. He could be a right-handed Markakis. Then again, maybe he needs to play part time in order to stay healthy. Still, he is so red hot right now I would be tempted to see how he does with some ABs against RHP. If that means pushing Pedro to the bench then so be it. He would improve the defense by moving Trumbo to DH. He will certainly have a higher OBP than Pedro and might even supply some pop. Even if Pedro is hitting to his career norms, a healthy Reimold is arguably a better player, and right now Pedro isn't hitting.

No way Pedro sits on the bench this early in the season.

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I don't know...Reimold does not have big splits. If he is healthy and hitting, he might as well play regularly or not at all. He could be a right-handed Markakis. Then again, maybe he needs to play part time in order to stay healthy. Still, he is so red hot right now I would be tempted to see how he does with some ABs against RHP. If that means pushing Pedro to the bench then so be it. He would improve the defense by moving Trumbo to DH. He will certainly have a higher OBP than Pedro and might even supply some pop. Even if Pedro is hitting to his career norms, a healthy Reimold is arguably a better player, and right now Pedro isn't hitting.

Pedro is going to play. Maybe you feel that Remold will replace Rickard?

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With Remold and Rickard hitting, Jones coming back now and Alvarez sure to start heating up this summer, I don't even remember that Fowler guy anymore. Hey, even Kim got a legit hit the the other night.

Nice summary here. That damn Fowler guy is off to a nice start though.

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I trust Buck to play the right match ups for the most part. I thought it was interesting he played Kim in the game against Joe Kelly considering Kelly's velocity on his FB... but it still worked because of Kelly's trouble locating pitches vs. Kim's pitch selection.

I'm just glad the OF situation appears fixed. That's 1 of 2 glaring problems in the off season. The other doesn't appear to be fixed yet.

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I trust Buck to play the right match ups for the most part. I thought it was interesting he played Kim in the game against Joe Kelly considering Kelly's velocity on his FB... but it still worked because of Kelly's trouble locating pitches vs. Kim's pitch selection.

I'm just glad the OF situation appears fixed. That's 1 of 2 glaring problems in the off season. The other doesn't appear to be fixed yet.

I don't think it is fixed. I do feel better about it right now, I will say that. If Rickard comes crashing down Reimold is an option no question.

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