Cabrera SS
Phillips 2B
Votto 1B
Rolen 3B
Bruce RF
Gomes DH
Nix LF
Hernandez C
Stubbs CF
Cueto on the mound
Still no Heisey?
Dusty knows he has a great weapon the bench in Heisey. He'll bring him out when he needs to spark something in the Reds. That's my theory anyway, LOL :
I guess bad Kyle showed up for the Cards today. Hehehehe
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
3 starts since his callup on April 30th
Janish...3 starts at short since April 5th (and 3 at third)
The difference...Heisey's getting ph opportunities and late inning defensive replacement opportunities. At this point, I think we need to send Janish to Louisville or look to trade him. It's become quite clear that Dusty is NOT going to play him.
Who should he play over? Janish deserves to take no time away from Rolen, Cabrera, or Phillips. Should he play over Cairo, yes, but that would have given him only another couple starts.
Paul Janish is never going to be an everyday player. Might as well get him used to his role now.
I'm all for riding the hot bat. I just don't understand keeping a guy on the roster and refusing to use him at all. We're playing basically 2 men short compared to the opposition. Janish & Cairo. Despite all the wrath he got, I was glad to see Cairo get that recent start. Not because I like him, but if he's on the roster he SHOULD get a start every once in a while. Of course I'd rather he NOT be on the roster.
Same holds for Owings & Fisher on the pitching side of things. If you're not going to use them, get someone Dusty WILL use.
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