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If Buck is benching Kim based on poor defense, why is Trumbo still getting regular at bats?

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Don't let facts get in the way.

So Kim having a .616 OPS in 57 PA over the last 28 days is inexcusable but Trumbo deserves to be in the lineup every day even though he's hitting .181/.262/.414 in 233 PA during the second half and .163/.265/.302 in 49 PA over the last 14 days?

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So Kim having a .616 OPS in 57 PA over the last 28 days is inexcusable but Trumbo deserves to be in the lineup every day even though he's hitting .181/.262/.414 in 233 PA during the second half and .163/.265/.302 in 49 PA over the last 14 days?

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He has powah. And he beat the Red Sox. I don't care if Kim plays. I guess he did not hit enough homers for me to.

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So Kim having a .616 OPS in 57 PA over the last 28 days is inexcusable but Trumbo deserves to be in the lineup every day even though he's hitting .181/.262/.414 in 233 PA during the second half and .163/.265/.302 in 49 PA over the last 14 days?

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They are not taking Trumbo out. He drives in runs when he hits homers. I do think Pearce playing the outfield when he is hurt plus Reimold who has done nothing all year over Kim is questionable. Now playing Stubbs with his 80 at bats for the year is also strange.Kim only has four RBI's in his last 30 games.

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They are not taking Trumbo out. He drives in runs when he hits homers. I do think Pearce playing the outfield when he is hurt plus Reimold who has done nothing all year over Kim is questionable. Now playing Stubbs with his 80 at bats for the year is also strange.Kim only has four RBI's in his last 30 games.

I agree with you completely.

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They are not taking Trumbo out. He drives in runs when he hits homers. I do think Pearce playing the outfield when he is hurt plus Reimold who has done nothing all year over Kim is questionable. Now playing Stubbs with his 80 at bats for the year is also strange.Kim only has four RBI's in his last 30 games.

Trumbo is a free agent in a few weeks, they can't be benching him now. If they do then he won't let the O's bid against themselves to keep him.

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They are not taking Trumbo out. He drives in runs when he hits homers. I do think Pearce playing the outfield when he is hurt plus Reimold who has done nothing all year over Kim is questionable. Now playing Stubbs with his 80 at bats for the year is also strange.Kim only has four RBI's in his last 30 games.

I had zero issue with Pearce starting in LF Monday but for Buck to leave him in when we age getting blown out was awful. I mean he has been battling this issue for awhile, he needed to be out of the game of at least go to 1B. Buck decision to keep him in the OF when we were getting hammered made no sense.

Should find out soon if Kim starts tonight, would hope he would be in there. I don't have much issue with him not playing vs LHP, hard to ask him to do it now when he hasn't done it much all year. To be fair to Buck, Bourn did homer Sunday. I hope to see Kim all 3 games this weekend.

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I'm not a fan of the conspiracies, but I do think something is up with Kim. Maybe an injury they are not discussing? His lack of playing time is pretty strange, especially since Buck had made him a de facto starter for a while.

If Roy says he isn't hurt than I don't think he's hurt.

I think this is Buck having a chance to bench the guy he benched during ST.

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