BC867
Long time Phoenician!
I like Lyle Overbay. He's a good guy, a solid .280's hitter, and he's turned into a great fielding 1B in a short time.
But a 1B with only 24 RBI's with the season more than half over . . . demoted to 8th in the batting order . . . is not helping his team.
Last night against the Giants, Lyle came up four times with runners in scoring position -- twice with a runner on 2B; twice with runners on Second and Third. He drove in . . . . . . . . . . zero!
If he had come through a couple of times, the complexion of the game would have been different, and so might have the outcome.
The worst part is, that while he remains in the lineup, Kata, Cintron, and Counsell cannot all be in the batting order. One of them must be benched, as Cintron was last night.
Clearly all three contribute more to the lineup than Overbay. I can't believe that Alex would have failed four times.
It's time to move Hillenbrand to 1B full-time and start Kata, Cintron, and Counsell every game at 2B-SS-3B.
If the D'backs want to keep Mark Grace on the roster, Overbay has to be sent down. There's not room for two LH hitting 1B -- one an aging veteran hitting in the low .200's and the other who can't drive in runs.
It comes down to numbers and, in the case of Kata, Cintron, or Counsell vs. Overbay, who is best for the team right now! Unfortunately, it's not Overbay!
But a 1B with only 24 RBI's with the season more than half over . . . demoted to 8th in the batting order . . . is not helping his team.
Last night against the Giants, Lyle came up four times with runners in scoring position -- twice with a runner on 2B; twice with runners on Second and Third. He drove in . . . . . . . . . . zero!
If he had come through a couple of times, the complexion of the game would have been different, and so might have the outcome.
The worst part is, that while he remains in the lineup, Kata, Cintron, and Counsell cannot all be in the batting order. One of them must be benched, as Cintron was last night.
Clearly all three contribute more to the lineup than Overbay. I can't believe that Alex would have failed four times.
It's time to move Hillenbrand to 1B full-time and start Kata, Cintron, and Counsell every game at 2B-SS-3B.
If the D'backs want to keep Mark Grace on the roster, Overbay has to be sent down. There's not room for two LH hitting 1B -- one an aging veteran hitting in the low .200's and the other who can't drive in runs.
It comes down to numbers and, in the case of Kata, Cintron, or Counsell vs. Overbay, who is best for the team right now! Unfortunately, it's not Overbay!