IMO don't mess with what's working. It's a nice aspect of the lineup that he's doing great while hitting in the 8 hole.
Yeah, I get that. It's just that Taylor and Seager are tearing it up right now, and I'm seeing Turner cool off and I'd like to see Bellinger protected by a bigger bat than Forsythes. Why not experiment a little bit?
As the old saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it. The Dodgers are doing amazing right now lets not try to reinvent the wheel while we're cruising. Puig does on occasion bat higher than he is but we're doing just fine. The guys hitting 5, 6 and 7 get on base and Puig is there to drive them in. He's at 1 HR less than Seager and 1 RBI more than Seager last I saw. It's working fine as is.
You're probably right. At least Pederson was in the 5 hole last night with Forsythe out of the line up. I think this is a step in the right direction. We may be seeing that Puig is still in Robert's prove it to me dog house and he certainly knows more about that than I do. I am amazed Puig is doing as well as he is in the 8 hole. I just think he is an incredible talent about to bloom and could be even more effective.
Agon is on a rehab right now. He did go on the 60 and is about ready to come off of it. I would imagine that he and Cody will be in basically a platoon at 1b with Cody's other AB coming from either LF or RF.
Taylor can also play 2b, ss and 3b. Roberts absolutely is going to have to get creative but the easiest thing he'll have to do is convince AGon that he won't be playing every day. Ease it back in and not over work him, he sees what is happening with Bellinger and knows his future is limited. He's a team player and veteran he'll handle the situation well. This team has such a good clubhouse and that's imo the biggest difference between Doc and Donny. I'm not worried about it when AGon comes back, Doc has this clubhouse all wanting one thing to win.
I love Taylors bat, but I would be leery of replacing Forsythe with him at second base. Taylor has 5 errors to Forsythe's 3 at second base this year, with many more chances for Forsythe. I have even seen Taylor almost misplay a couple of balls in left this year but fortunately make the play anyway. On the other hand, Forsythe is not having a banner year at the plate, so you're right, Roberts will have some choices to make. I'm also curious to see if Ethier has anything left to contribute.
2001 Mariners?
