Diaz back to the bench where he belongs. Not! People think he’s going to start once Altuve and Alvarez get back, LOL. Unless he’s hurt, Dusty is just trolling the fans.
Yea Johnnie Baker is a fool I mean I get when he sat him against the LHP, but this team struggles against RHP and Diaz has an .861 OPS vs RHP, only ones better are Yordan and Jose and....nevermind Johnnie is just a fool. Hopefully Javier is good and we blow them out anyway, we don't have our closer tonight so putting our best lineup out there would have been nice
Kessinger and Pena batting 1st and 2nd? Why? Maldy instead of Diaz? Why? Diaz hits RHP really well. why, Dusty?
Pena batting 2nd has been BY FAR the best situation for this team, for a year and a half now. And the thoughts posted by a few on here that it only works with Altuve and Yordan surrounding him is simply wrong, just look it up. He has done well in front of Tucker too. And why complain about that today, Pena has scored 3 of our 9 runs the last two nights batting 2nd. Just leave him there As for Kessinger leading off, I mean yea it seems weird, but without Altuve if you aren't going to put Chas there then i'm not sure there are any great options right now. Kessinger has at least worked the count, very limited sample size but he has got on base pretty well so far. Maldy over Diaz is just ignorant
Dana: Dusty, Sir we have a chance to move within 2 games of the rangers, they are down by 9 runs Dusty: my baseball spidey senses, honed over 40 years, tell me we should leadoff Kissinger and start Maldonado over Diaz
Maldy over Diaz is getting criminal. It’s one thing if Maldy was a top flight defensive catcher and the starters were unhitable with him, but that’s not the case. It’s just tiring
Even before his recent bad stretch he was still a poor choice for a leadoff. Doesn't work counts and doesn't walk. Bad on base percentage Dubon has been really good for a utility man, has been a bit overexposed having to play every day because of injuries.
