March 27, 201214 yr Bronco. If Donnie Murphy had a better spring than Hanley this year, would you be OK with Ozzie starting Murphy at 3B? Ooooh even better... If Bryan Peterson had a better spring than Boni this year, would you be OK with Ozzie starting Peterson at CF? If Gaby Sanchez had a better....
March 27, 201214 yr This is textbook Broncobob. A handful of at bats in exhibition games suddenly becomes more reliable than an extensive corpus of statistical data.
March 27, 201214 yr Bronco. If Donnie Murphy had a better spring than Hanley this year, would you be OK with Ozzie starting Murphy at 3B? Ooooh even better... If Bryan Peterson had a better spring than Boni this year, would you be OK with Ozzie starting Peterson at CF? You're taking a very rational argument he made and providing extreme examples that are obviously going to be exceptions. Some guys have earned their spots, and their spring training is for all intents & purposes meaningless. But for other guys who haven't earned their ticket, the only thing you can do is put them on a level playing field, say the best man will win, and let them fight it out. ST performance shouldn't be the only factor, but I'm a lot more likely to trust a guy who shined when he was competing for a job than a guy who blew his opportunity this time.
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