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10 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

Yeah no way he should be playing if only we played the guy hitting .067 we would have won.  It’s not like they are playing guys hitting .100 when leaving .300 hitters on the bench.  Complaining about Eloy vs Mayo is like asking out the fat girl or the ugly girl with braces.  

Mayo hasn't been given a fair opportunity to play every day and get acclimated to MLB pitching. Jimenez has shown all season that he's a horrible hitter. And his history of a multitude of injuries make it easy to conclude that he's a shell of the player he used to be in prior seasons.

Just looking at Mayo's limited at bats in a part time role is overly simplistic. If Mayo ever gets regular run and starts hitting, I'll make sure to remind you of my assertion that Mayo - a top 10 prospect in all of major league baseball for a reason - should have always been given playing time over a washed up bum with the running ability of a 60-year old man. 

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Ah, another year of second guessing the lineup every single day!  

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I don’t know why people keep lumping O’Hearn in on posts like this. The guy had one of the few over .800 OPS on the team last year. He’s not remotely the problem. 

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I heard that he was initially scheduled to be DH, but told Hyde, “if Burnes doesn’t want me to catch him, then I don’t wanna play!”  Then he was seen softly sobbing in a corner of the locker room.   

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3 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I agree if Jimenez was lighting it up let him play or any of the other veterans. Mayo is never going to settle in pinch hitting or playing once or twice a week. Let Mayo take his lumps now he's going to be part of the future unlike the veteran retreads.

Yea, as bad this offense has been I just don’t see the upside in continuing to play guys like Jimenez and Rivera.  No chance they get into a groove and carry this team offensively in the playoffs, whereas it’s not an impossibility with a Mayo or a Kjerstad. 

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9 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

No Mayo or Holliday, and O'Hearn getting dropped down out of the cleanup spot. 

 

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We are facing the same opener from yesterday. Do we know who the bull guy will be? If it's a LHP we will probably be stuck with O'Hearn multiple times through. What is our over/under number for hits today? 

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There's something about Detroit.     The weekend before the Adley debut, I think we got a near bottom of the barrel one when Hays and Mountcastle were both out.    Skubal and Eduardo were winning, Gregory Soto was saving.

Urias, Odor, Nevin, McKenna, Bemboom and Owings 4-9.

First 3 times through we'll do better than 0-for-26 with a walk...I think.

Gerrit opened the door for Burnes to put it back to 2.

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8 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

There's something about Detroit.     The weekend before the Adley debut, I think we got a near bottom of the barrel one when Hays and Mountcastle were both out.    Skubal and Eduardo were winning, Gregory Soto was saving.

Urias, Odor, Nevin, McKenna, Bemboom and Owings 4-9.

First 3 times through we'll do better than 0-for-26 with a walk...I think.

Gerrit opened the door for Burnes to put it back to 2.

But last year we went 6-1 against the Tigers.

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38 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

We are facing the same opener from yesterday. Do we know who the bull guy will be? If it's a LHP we will probably be stuck with O'Hearn multiple times through. What is our over/under number for hits today? 

Apparently it's a righty, Ty Madden.

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54 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

No Mayo or Holliday, and O'Hearn getting dropped down out of the cleanup spot. 

 

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O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

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6 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

O’Hearn is not an everyday player 

I tried to tell folks that when they wanted to throw Mountcastle into every trade scenario.

Prolonged play at first and against left handed pitching exposes him.

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