April 19, 201412 yr No. Just No. No. No. No. No. No. There's is no way I want somebody likely to post a mid .700 OPS who has never played the position before at 1B. That would be the absolute LAST place you put Dietrich.
April 19, 201412 yr Then you put him at second base. He's a better hitter than Furcal, and his most natural position is second base (no matter how meh on defense he is). Getting paid $3.5 million and being old shouldn't entitle Furcal to jack squat. Add to the fact that everybody currently in the lineup outside of Jones is hitting well right now and you have to ask yourself why is Redmond so intent on f*cking this up to make room for Furcal. It's absolute madness. Its been like 20 games, but I haven't been this frustrated by a manager since Fredi. He's got that old school mindset that absolutely hurts this team at times. It's gonna be great to let Furcal fill the Juan Pierre role for the year while the actual productive bat in Dietrich wastes away either on the bench or back in AAA until July when Furcal suffers his yearly injury.
April 19, 201412 yr That would be the absolute LAST place you put Dietrich. Well P or C may be worse.
April 19, 201412 yr Yea, definitely second base. Hopefully Furcal sits on the bench and Solano heads to NO...
April 19, 201412 yr Yea, definitely second base. Hopefully Furcal sits on the bench and Solano heads to NO...
April 19, 201412 yr I think the general idea is... Keep him in the lineup. Find space for him. I agree, this is the general idea, and I agree with the general idea. However, I'd rather keep Dietrich and his crap glove at second over Furcal and his most likely non-offense. Also, for the love of Stanton, platoon Baker with JONES, not DIETRICH!
April 19, 201412 yr How many errors will Dietrich have by the end of the season? Perry Hill where are you? Can we get Luis Castillo to work with this kid?
April 19, 201412 yr What we should do is not play Rafael Furcal at all. But since we know that won't happen ...
April 20, 201412 yr The real impact of the Jones, Furcal signings will be apparent soon. To avoid the coming damage the FO would have to admit making a mistake - which never happens.
April 21, 201412 yr The real impact of the Jones, Furcal signings will be apparent soon. To avoid the coming damage the FO would have to admit making a mistake - which never happens. As long as Jones avoids the DL and gets decent power numbers, the FO won't admit to any mistake. They're only goal with Jones is showing that he can stay healthy and be a more consistent run producer than Logan Morrison, regardless of his numbers against lefties.
April 21, 201412 yr As long as Jones avoids the DL and gets decent power numbers, the FO won't admit to any mistake. They're only goal with Jones is showing that he can stay healthy and be a more consistent run producer than Logan Morrison, regardless of his numbers against lefties. Which to be fair is his only job and that's all he's being paid to do...
April 21, 201412 yr Which to be fair is his only job and that's all he's being paid to do... Yeah exactly this. We on here know of Jones' faults but all the front office said when signing him is that he was here to be an improvement over LoMo as healthy offensive-minded protection for Stanton.
April 21, 201412 yr Is Dietrich hurt right now? Hasn't played since Friday. He is not starting today either. I can understand Saturday and even yesterday but why not Today?
April 21, 201412 yr JC Rodriguez said that they're winning and are happy with Solano. Joe Frisaro basically said the same thing. I'm telling you, this fucking guy has a way of just sticking and not letting go. He's been acceptable for TWO games, and that warrants leaving his ass in? He must have inherited Wes Helms' incriminating pictures or something
April 21, 201412 yr Yup looks like Solano is back of course. Nice to have our 24 year old 2nd base w over 1000 ops riding the pine for Solano. Smart FO we gotright there. AAt least Solano can actually play defense I guess
April 21, 201412 yr I really can't believe (well I can) we our sitting our 24yr second baseman who's hitting and is a lefty for Solano with a righty on the mound. I guess that guy who came around last year and thought Solano was the greatest thing since sliced bread is happy.
April 22, 201412 yr I'm telling you, this f***ing guy has a way of just sticking and not letting go. He's been acceptable for TWO games, and that warrants leaving his ass in? He must have inherited Wes Helms' incriminating pictures or something Well, as I put it a couple of weeks ago, he's the turd that just won't flush.
April 22, 201412 yr Dietrich had what should've been the go-ahead pinch-hit double off Craig Kimbrel tonight but we couldn't run the bases. They probably don't need him though, no biggie.
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