Quote (KEVINFORGIVEME @ Mar 11 2011 12:07am)
normally i wouldn't even think "damn if only he could play defense" when a player is 23 and hasn't played in triple a yet but i'd much rather have him in the batters box than izturis, andino, harris, or green. hopefully brob doesn't get hurt but the dude is one bad slide, bad swing, bad dive at a grounder, etc. away from missing another season.
let's hope that he continues to hit well in triple a this season and can improve that defense to at least mediocre so that we could use him if roberts ever gets hurt like he did last year.
i wonder who would hit leadoff if brob gets hurt again while we are on the subject. i may be really out of my mind but i think i would give reimold a shot. he's not fast but he knows how to get on base and would have protection. or, maybe just bump markakis to leadoff and put hardy at #2 with whoever plays 2b in the 9 hole? either way it's something that i really hope buck already knows exactly how he will handle it incase it happens.
lol i seriously just went through and found this. page 71