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I think we will see Riley optioned to make room for Ender. It would help us avoid Super 2 and give Riley some time to work on his approach in a more comfortable atmosphere. Plus, we need to know what we have in Ender.
Austin hitting 8th...interesting...
He actually helped last night with not striking out and get that critical Sac Fly, but it means that they are sending a message to him, put more work on tapes and determine what to swing at and not swing at.
expecting a yuge game from Riley
Guess Snit finally figured out being in the 8 hole is not what was making Ozzie good.Or maybe he thinks by putting AR there it will make him start hitting better like it did Ozzie haha
Healthy Ender is a great player whom we have financial commitments with. We have to assume his early season struggles were due to the back injury, if he’s healthy then we need to see if he returns to form.
If he doesn’t return to form than you see what you have with Duvall or Riley. Having options is a benefit here. We don’t need to sink or swim with just any one player.
Yuge game for FF today.
I'm old and as a result somewhat old school, but Riley doesn't make a lot of sense in the 8-hole because he doesn't seem to want to draw a walk. I've always thought that if push comes to shove, put a guy who shows he can walk batting 8th and at the very least you have a better chance at turning the line-up over. It's not that big a deal because I'm not totally wedded to any particularly strict philosophy of line-up construction, but at the margins it doesn't make a ton of sense.
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It is a wake up call for him. Even though he did good last night, but he is still guessing too much and needs to change. It is a teaching tool by the coaches knowing he is better than this.
Snit probably associates Swanson and albies getting going this year with their time in the 8-hole. Probably thinking it might work with Riley
I was about to post this. This is a snitism. He think the 8 hole teaches patience. Maybe there is truth out. But I don’t mind the move personally. I also am NOT in favor of sending Riley down in place of ender. Let ender be a spot starter with defensive specialist as his calling card until he proves he can be more of an offensive threat. Let Riley learn at the highest level in the highest leverage situation
I would send Riley to the pen. He's got a good arm and maybe can throw strikes.
No reason to send him to pen. Go college style where you just bring the reliever to the mound from his position. This would be the type of cutting edge stuff the rays would do. When we need to sub someone in for Riley in defense, he can pitch. I'm sure Riley can get mlb hitters out...
Consistent 3 WAR player. I consider that great, but of course that is arbitrary.
Either way, Riley isn’t a 3 WAR guy with his current approach and defensive limitations.
The other benefit to this is we can finally start resting Acuna. We don’t have another CF on the roster.
SSS. We probably need the rest of the season to get a good sense of his abilities in LF.
What we can probably glean from the data right now is that Riley has good range in LF, but makes too many errors. If he can cut down on the miscues, he becomes a legitimate corner OF option for next season if we decide to sign Donaldson or Rendon.
Nats just tied the Phillies 3-3. It’s early to call it but they may be done. Awful team.