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16 minutes ago, interloper said:

Hollllld on a minute. I feel like I distinctly recall you advocating for him to get time in CF last year, and the argument against that was what you're saying here. Am I wrong?

Yes you are wrong and even if I said that, this year is much different than last year.

I’m not against Mateo on the team if you send down Holliday.  But if you are keeping Holliday on the team, there is no reason to square peg round hole Mateo. 
 

He provides 2 positives…defense at SS and speed. If you take away SS, he’s only speed. We don’t need the speed that bad to take up that roster spot.

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Not sure if this info was available online. Couldn't find anything so will try to keep track here: Edit: Only considered games started, not when brought in as sub, except for plate appearances.

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I'm sorry this is happening to you.

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Defensive position breakdown for starts so far: C Adley - 11 McCann - 9 1B Nevin - 9  O'Hearn, Mountcastle - 7 Mayo - 2 Santander - 1 2B Holliday - 9 Wong - 6 Mateo -

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1 hour ago, Aristotelian said:

True, I don't really want Mateo playing all the time even vs lefties, but it's more about the other guys' splits than Mateo's. Gunnar had .618 split, Mullins .708 last year but .579 in '22, we don't know what Holliday/Cowser/Kjerstad are going to do, etc. If those guys need to rest or DH 10 times each, that could come close to Mateo starting most of the time vs LHP. I'd really like to see him play CF too though. 

 

So, your solution to young players issues vs lefties, lefties they rarely see or have faced in their pro careers, is to bench them in favor of a guy who has seen them a lot more and we know can’t hit them?

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35 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

So, your solution to young players issues vs lefties, lefties they rarely see or have faced in their pro careers, is to bench them in favor of a guy who has seen them a lot more and we know can’t hit them?

No, I'm just assuming they will need to rest at times (especially Mullins) and may as well do so vs lefties. 

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