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@BenVerlander Remember, people used to say the season has officially started when Trout takes the overall WAR lead. Same with Ohtani, but it’s his combined WAR.
@DarrenJMeenan Blame the GM who signed Polanco… a guy who wasn’t a 1B, with bad knees, and a steroid user…for 40+ mil. Everyone directing all this vitriol at Vientos…it’s misplaced. Vientos was going to play part time as DH/1b vs lefties.
@BaileyNYM40@MaxTGoodman I think the bigger point is why is he even at 1b? Because the gm “genius” let the Franchise leader in HRs walk. And he replaced him with a steroid user w/ bad knees. Vientos was supposed to be a platoon DH. And he’s hit lefties. Direct the anger at the gm.
@James_Schiano@Jolly_Olive If the alternative is “let Brett Baty hit” or “let MJ Melendez cook,” yeah you kinda have to. Baty over the last 2 weeks: .225/.295/.250. That’s unplayable. Vientos at least did some damage in the Miami series.
@Papistacks1@Jolly_Olive Yeah, he just gets caught looking every other at bat because he’s scared to swing. He is a significantly worse hitter than Vientos for his career.