Doesn't make a lot of sense but here you go: .251/.313/.363 - .676 OPS.Originally Posted by kaldaniels
Devils Advocate - we all know there is such a thing as a small sample size...but there is also a too large sample size. I don't care what JHJ did in his first 2000 career ABs...just what he has done over the past 2-3 years is fine for me.
That said, I don't like what JHJ brings to the table either.
You wanna keep going smaller until you see something you like?
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Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
I'm absolutely for ditching Hairston and/or McDonald for Gomes and/or Bankston.
I'd never let Gomes have an AB versus a right hander, but I'd sure get him up there plenty vs. lefties.
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Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
I say give him the PT, I am going to avoid stats etc and point to the red's good fortune over past few years to find reclamation guys who seem to put it all together playin in the Queen City. the tools are there with Nix that cannot be denied.
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Nix has looked a whole lot better at the plate than I thought he would. Might as well see what he can do.
He has really impressed me thus far. Let him hit until he stops and then split the playing time between Tavares, Dickerson, and Nix. I would like to see McDonald punted for Gomes too.
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Play the hot bat. Nix is hot so play him until he cools off then go with next hot bat.
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What Dusty's got to do is a little more complex than any of us tends to acknowledge as we're always cutting one guy and adding some other or benching this one for that etc. He's got to try to get contributions from Nix, Rosales, EE, JHJ, CD etc. because this team's offense is marginal. What's a little bit encouraging to me is that I do see baby steps toward the place where we can expect some offensive contribution from all 8 positions. Phillips is heating up a bit, as is Gonzo; Ramon already has; and we now understand that EE has probably just needed some recuperation time. It looks possible that Rosales and Nix may be able to make a contribution and JHJ has shown at least some ability to do that in the past, as has CD, though in a much smaller sample. What we can't have, it seems to me, is what we've had too much of in the first month: stretches of games where we are getting absolutely nothing out of a good percentage of the lineup, especially in those key middle spots in the order.
Pretty much my take on things.
IMO, the guys who should be playing every day are:
Votto - 1B
Phillips - 2B (had a good game 2 games ago...)
Janish - SS (not gonna happen, but man, AG has been a blackhole)
Rosales - 3B
Nix - LF
Willy T - CF
Bruce - RF
Hernandez - C (although hanigan should be starting more than just BA's starts).
He was about the only guy to hit a ball hard against Paulino last night.
There no such thing as a permanent change in this discussion. The closest thing to permanent in baseball is when you sign someone for big money, but that's not the case with any of these options.
So far no one has been "getting the job done" in LF so yes, Nix should be given the job for now. Let's see what he can do with the opportunity. Ditto for Rosales at 3B
I agree. There are times around here that folks try to make this game more complicated than it really is. Who cares if he projects to a .740 OPS or whatever? Just play him for now and let's see how he does. Dickerson will get his opportunities. We're not discussing whether to sign him to a long term contract, just whether to play the guy for awhile.
Play the hot hand and milk it for what you can.
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Don't really know if it's an issue of SHOULD he when we don't have a lot of in-house options right now for LF.
It's obvious, since his poor play, that CDick is in Dusty's dog house. Of course I don't think Dusty was that high on this kid to begin with. In ST he would always talk highly of Dickerson when asked; but he also always had an extra comment or two to make that gave me the impression he wasn't sold on this kid, and was going to be on a short leash.
We don't know if Nix can hit. And the guy is built like a middle LBer, but doesn't seem to possess the speed and agility. So we could be sticking a poor facsimile of Adam Dunn out there.
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I've never known Dunn to play CF.We don't know if Nix can hit. And the guy is built like a middle LBer, but doesn't seem to possess the speed and agility. So we could be sticking a poor facsimile of Adam Dunn out there.
No, but he has ran over a few.
But I was referring to where Nix has been playing for us.... LF.
I don't know much about Nix at all, other then he's 28, and has played in less then 40 games since 2006.
His 162 game average isn't anything to brag about....
24 BB 144 K .236 BA .272 OB% .405 SLG .677 OPS
He better turn it on sooner or later, because he ain't getting any younger.
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