I'm not there with you all the way.
I am down on Senzel's performance. As I said in the GDT, I don't think Lipscomb is an MLB hitter at this point, but I'm more comfortable with him up than Senzel when we need a base hit. Senzel seems to be drifting a bit, selling out some for power by sacrificing contact and plate discipline.
As for Winker, he is a bat first guy buried in left who is cast right on this team - the 3rd best LH hitter, slotted in 5th. He's not going to be much different than a .250 hitter with runners on or bases empty because he's a .250 hitter with decent pop. I don't have super expectations for CJ/Garcia level performance, but I don't see how our best 9 right now doesn't include him. Robles only replaces him with a lead late.
For better or worse, I expect Gallo to be back soon and the lineup to revert to Senzel at 3rd, Meneses DH, Gallo at 1st, Winker in left, and Lip in Rochester. To be honest, in some ways the lineup works better now, would be better with some sort of 3-way split of DH/1B among Senzel, Meneses, and Gallo with Lip still at 3rd. However, unless Nunez is dropped from the roster, it'll be Lip to Rochester when Gallo is back.
Meneses? I'd like to Yepez get a shot. Blankenhorn should be rostered maybe ahead of anyone in Rochester, but lefty hitting is less of a weakness than our righties right now.
Spotting in Vargas as a PH more often when we need contact would be good. It's turned into a skill of his.
