He can go hitless at any position!

He can lose a game for you in a variety of ways.

Present your evidence Mr. Deeznutz. We are a small market team with a shitty owner. I will anxiously wait your evedince.

Bad (I'm sure I'm missing a few)

Kyle D, EJ, Getz, Hoch starting/current contract, Wil, Davis, jamie carol, toronto dude, bubba

Good:
Santana, Guthrie, Grienke

The refusal to give some guys with potential a chance right now is absolutely idiotic. Instead he wants to bring in retreads and cast offs because they have "experience" and they are "trustworthy."

Yes we know from experience that we can trust that Elliot, Getz, Bonifacio, and Carrol are going to suck out loud and cost the team victories.

Bonifacio has at least been a high level player in the past and is still young enough to think he could recover. I don't think lumping him in with Carroll, Getz, Johnson is fair at this point.

I'd agree with that. Bonifacio is way more talented than any of the other three utility guys we have.*



*No baseball fan should be forced to write a sentence about their team that includes the phrase "the other three utility guys."

If Bonifacio was replacing two of them then it wouldn't matter so much. When Moose comes back if he takes the 2B spot and we dump Johnson and he plays more than the other option then that will be okay. That way we don't have to see Carrol or Getz on any kind of regular basis.

I was thinking Carrol took Tejada's spot. With Bonifacio coming don't they have to get rid of someone tomorrow?

They do, and it should be Getz unless they think Bonifacio can play SS when Escobar sits. If that's the case, Johnson can be sent out.

Best-case scenario would be that Moustakas is ready to play by Monday. He plays 3B everyday and they use Bonifacio as the everyday 2B.

Definitely. I really hate Johnson right now but of the two, him or Getz, Getz is the one more likely to inexplicably take time away from Bonifacio so hopefully he is the one gone. That being said, Johnson looked so disengaged today so my guess is that he knew this was his last game here.

I think that's how this plays out and I hope to wake up to the news that Johnson has been DFA'd. But does Moore cut bait that early with him is the question. Any insight on Keitzman's "story" about Tejada? My hunch is he had a source blowing him bad info because nobody else has mentioned it. And start a new repository damnit

Tomorrow's lineup for Game 1 against the Tigers:

CF Dyson
SS Escobar
RF Lough
LF Gordon
C Kotteras
DH Bonifacio
3B Carroll
1B Getz
2B E. Johnson

This place would melt down, lol.

And rightfully so

I toyed with the idea of putting Johnson at SS so I could put Bonifacio at 2B. Then you'd have the all-utility infield. If only we could get Graffanino to DH, Esteban German in LF and Ross Gload in RF. Ultimate lineup.