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He played quite a bit when he was on the team but he's been off the team for quite a while
Robbie Grossman
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He played quite a bit when he was on the team but he's been off the team for quite a while
I could maybe see releasing Brignac to pick him up, but I'm not so sure how well he fits even if you send Mallex down for a little bit to manipulate his clock. Adonis is tearing the cover off the ball. The concern I'd have is that you get "too many cooks in the kitchen" by adding another guy to the OF mix - especially if he isn't an everyday guy.
I have no issues with sending Mallex down, but he's adjusting pretty well. I still believe you have to handle it the right way (for his confidence) if you do it, and that's going to be tough to do now that he's been a much bigger part of the few wins we've had and he's become a much bigger part of the team and the clubhouse. I (like most everyone else) find it more than annoying that Fredi's not playing him against lefties, but that's something that the brass is going to have to fix (apparently). Just think it sends an odd message when the brass says "we're sending you down because we want you to get consistent ABs against lefties" when they're in charge and Fredi runs Inciarte out there against them.
Assuming Adonis keeps hitting, you're already getting close to having too many OFs as it is. Markakis and Inciarte are going to play everyday. Mallex and Garcia need to play everyday. While we all like to poke at Frenchy at times (and he IS expendable), he's been pretty productive. If you hope to build any trade value at all for Jeff and KJ, they need to be getting consistent ABs - meaning you're going to need to force Fredi to play both of them more. I'd bet we all figure that if you hand Fredi someone like Grossman and he gets several hits, the chances of him doing that on his on greatly diminishes since he'll keep going to him in an effort to win games.
I'm sure I'd view it differently if I believed Grossman could become the everyday guy in LF for the rest of the year, but I just don't see that happening.
I have no issues with sending Mallex down, but he's adjusting pretty well. I still believe you have to handle it the right way (for his confidence) if you do it, and that's going to be tough to do now that he's been a much bigger part of the few wins we've had and he's become a much bigger part of the team and the clubhouse. I (like most everyone else) find it more than annoying that Fredi's not playing him against lefties, but that's something that the brass is going to have to fix (apparently). Just think it sends an odd message when the brass says "we're sending you down because we want you to get consistent ABs against lefties" when they're in charge and Fredi runs Inciarte out there against them.
Assuming Adonis keeps hitting, you're already getting close to having too many OFs as it is. Markakis and Inciarte are going to play everyday. Mallex and Garcia need to play everyday. While we all like to poke at Frenchy at times (and he IS expendable), he's been pretty productive. If you hope to build any trade value at all for Jeff and KJ, they need to be getting consistent ABs - meaning you're going to need to force Fredi to play both of them more. I'd bet we all figure that if you hand Fredi someone like Grossman and he gets several hits, the chances of him doing that on his on greatly diminishes since he'll keep going to him in an effort to win games.
I'm sure I'd view it differently if I believed Grossman could become the everyday guy in LF for the rest of the year, but I just don't see that happening.
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