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Originally Posted by tk13
Let's not get too carried away. Letting Mondesi hit there wasn't like leaving Aaron Crow in the game too long or something. It's not like Ned made some kind of fireable offense. It's not his fault the veteran players aren't hitting. They aren't kids any more, they have to show up and deliver.
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It absolutely is like leaving Crow in too long. He's putting a player in a situation in which he's in over his head, and not putting the team in the best position to win.
You're treating this like it's an either/or situation when it's BOTH. Mondesi is hurting the team by being completely overmatched, AND Hosmer (and Gordon, and to a degree, Moss) is not producing like he should be. But even if the vets get their shit together, you simply can't play a guy hitting .114, let alone allow him to twice hit with the game in the line.