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Originally Posted by tk13
I think they pretty much have to sign someone. Not only because of Dozier, but because of 1B too. If either him or O'Hearn regress badly, or just get hurt, they're going to have a huge hole in the lineup. Gutierrez might be an option but I imagine they'd start him in the minors and continue to let him improve.
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Yeah...and we really need a sometimes-platoon at 1B due to O'Hearn's typical splits. It will help him continue to succeed at the MLB level to have him sit against half of the lefties we face. Let him mash the right handed pitching and continue work off of last year' s successes. Another right handed corner infielder seems likely. Here comes Esky. I kid...sorta.
All in all, this tells me that they also plan on playing Owings quite a bit this year. Not sure whether he or Whit would play 3B more, but one of them might be getting a decent amount of reps there, depending on how Dozier fares.