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had Senzel hit like Winker, then perhaps the lineup could have carried more playing time for Nunez, is what you are saying. I buy that, too.
I think just the opposite. Had Senzel hit like Winker there would have been no need for Nunez and Vargas. As it was they waited too long to jettison Senzels azz.
Usually a SS can play 3B and 2B, but not vice versa. Nunez was picked up because of his combination of high BB/K and speed, which led to strong OBPs and many stolen bases...in High A and AA. But his ISO was lower than Jacob Young's in the minors Many players who get seriously injured at his age struggle to make it back, 23/24 year olds need to play at whatever level they're at, baseball is a game of repetition. Spending a season on the bench like he has will add significant challenges for his further development. He's had 28 PAs all year and turns 24 next week. I get the intent of bringing him over, but it feels like a bargain bin attempt to make up for all the weak drafts. The optimistic scenario is he works his way back next year in Rochester, but his bat is what's been keeping him out of the lineup, not his glove.
Anyone else want to say to Davey that, when he sits Garcia against a lefty, he ought give Nunez a shot instead of Vargas?I mean, Gata would say he wants to give Vargas a shot, but he doesn't mean it the way I mean it.
You have to be nuts to play third when Aaron Judge is at bat. It is such a different skill set to imply that any shortstop can play third.
but it's not an unusual switch. We are trying it with Tena on the fly. All he said is that usually a SS can handle it.
True. We remember the successes. But there are few that can be both Orr and Cheevers.
was going to say Rico and John Valentin did it.
Manny and Cal...and A-Roid...
waiting for Welch to dig out some old washington baseball guys like maybe Ossie Bluege (IDK if Ossie had some SS time).
Ossie Bluege...there's a name I haven't heard in a while...
Of his 8 hits to date, how many have been line drives (vs. infield hits or Texas Leaguers)?
Whenever American League President Joe Cronin was asked to rank big-league third basemen, he always gave the same answer: “Well, you start with Bluege.”1 Of course shortstop Cronin was referring to his old partner on the right side of the Washington Senators teams of the 1920s and ’30s, Ossie Bluege. At the 1970 World Series, watching Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson make one outstanding play after another, Joe would remark “That’s another Ossie Bluege play.”2 He would often comment that he never had to worry about a ball that was hit to his right side with Bluege manning the hot corner.
You have to be nuts to play third when Aaron Judge is at bat.
Robinson tried playing his shallow 3B against Frank Howard. Hondo nearly took Robinson's head off with a line drive to left, a drive close enough that it took Robinson's cap to the outfield. Robinson never again played shallow 3B when Howard was at bat.
Is Nunez going to Rochester next year or his he our back up MI?
Maybe Vargas comes back as the back up MI. Nunez will need reps next year after not playing much this season, that will def be AA or AAA.
gotta think they are going to want to see him get regular at bats. That'd be in the minors, AAA or AA.
Yep. Nunez will start the season in the minors.
