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He has a worse line than Jorge Mateo and his contact has been exceedingly weak other than running into the occasional home run. He has not been able to sustain a good stretch of any note other than the first few weeks of the season. 

I see no reason why he's getting more run than even Hays right now. Put Cowser in CF, play Hays/Stowers/Kjerstad more, and Mullins becomes a sensible 5th OF/PR/bunt specialist.

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This is the perspective I don’t get. Cowser is at 2.2 WAR for the season, which is 16th among OF’ers in the MLB with more than 200 PA’s. Mullins has 1 less PA than Cowser on the season and is at 0.2 W

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Well, somebody asked if anybody players read the board earlier today, Cedric obviously does.  

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He has a worse line than Jorge Mateo and his contact has been exceedingly weak other than running into the occasional home run. He has not been able to sustain a good stretch of any note other than th

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I really like Cedric as our CF . His defense and skills as an CF speaks for itself . As as batter , he displayed power and speed as lead off player . His batting struggles perplexes me and am concerned for his future career . 

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I really feel bad for the guy because he does have talent and you can see how much his suckage is bothering him. 

Every time he comes to the plate I expect him to hit like a few years ago but he is just struggling so much it is is painful to watch at times. 

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2 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Cowser is not exactly pushing Mullins off the field.  Mullins also brings the steal factor.

While I agree about Cowser, he is about as fast as Mullins at this point and at least makes hard contact when he manages to make contact.

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I just think at some point Hyde has to stop forcing it. 

Mullins has good defensive skills but if you can bench an All Star like Hays you can bench a struggling Mullins. I don't see a whole lot of difference between the two players other than speed. Hays at least has a reasonable chance to start hitting well with consistent playing time. The same is not true for Mullins. 

But really neither of them should be starting much. 

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Only because Cowser wasn’t hitting too. I also think Hyde is loyal to his veteran players almost to a fault. If the lineup was Cowser in CF and Stowers in LF tonight it wouldn’t surprise me.

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11 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Only because Cowser wasn’t hitting too. I also think Hyde is loyal to his veteran players almost to a fault. If the lineup was Cowser in CF and Stowers in LF tonight it wouldn’t surprise me.

Hopefully Heston, not Stowers, but either one would be preferable to Mullins

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43 minutes ago, interloper said:

He has a worse line than Jorge Mateo and his contact has been exceedingly weak other than running into the occasional home run. He has not been able to sustain a good stretch of any note other than the first few weeks of the season. 

I see no reason why he's getting more run than even Hays right now. Put Cowser in CF, play Hays/Stowers/Kjerstad more, and Mullins becomes a sensible 5th OF/PR/bunt specialist.

Veteranosity.  Next question. 

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49 minutes ago, interloper said:

He has a worse line than Jorge Mateo and his contact has been exceedingly weak other than running into the occasional home run. He has not been able to sustain a good stretch of any note other than the first few weeks of the season. 

I see no reason why he's getting more run than even Hays right now. Put Cowser in CF, play Hays/Stowers/Kjerstad more, and Mullins becomes a sensible 5th OF/PR/bunt specialist.

Because Cowser hasn't really performed up to a full-time starter level either. Cowser was great in April after that, not so much.

Mullins is starting because we don't have anyone better.

PS - there is no such thing as a "bunt specialist" in 2024 MLB. Rarely do teams even bunt anymore for several reasons.

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8 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Because Cowser hasn't really performed up to a full-time starter level either. Cowser was great in April after that, not so much.

Mullins is starting because we don't have anyone better.

PS - there is no such thing as a "bunt specialist" in 2024 MLB. Rarely do teams even bunt anymore for several reasons.

While I agree Cowser hasn't wowed, I'm not sure you can say we don't have anyone better than Mullins. Cowser is absolutely better, if only marginally. 

Mullins might be a better option if you need to make sure you make contact, but it's not a huge difference at this point. 

 

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