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Oh, I agree that pitching has not been a problem, actually it has been a strength up to this point. While I don't think Harang and Wood are going to "fall of a cliff", as you said they have both been overachieving so I think that getting Minor and Floyd back will bode well for our chances of future success as opposed to riding out the Harang/Wood train until it runs out of gas.

agreed...i'm not feeling to confident in Harang tonight...

and i'm not sure that Floyd will be an improvement. his career numbers (IIRC) are pretty terrible, but maybe McDowell can work his magic. Minor, Teheran, Santana, Wood and Floyd should give us chance to win most nights. Gonna be interesting to see if and when they move Alex to the bullpen.

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I think are best bet is to promote La Stella and bat him there. The dude is an OBP machine and while he may not have plus speed he would be capable of setting the table and would be an improvement from batting JHey in that spot.

I dont think you can start him off leadoff, but i agree in hoping he finds his way there after a couple of weeks

you seen the lineup today? harang i sbatting 8th and Pena 9th

also, we're moving up in fantasy baseball. 1st and 3rd

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Posted by Cherokee Chinstrap

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Posted on 5/5/14 at 4:22 pm to K9

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I dont think you can start him off leadoff, but i agree in hoping he finds his way there after a couple of weeks

I honestly don't know how slow he is so I will take your word for it

I just don't see the value in wasting someone who posts a high OBP at the bottom of the order. I am not a sabermetrics "loyalist" by any means, but there are only a few things that annoy me more than a guy who walks a lot/ posts a solid OBP and bats 7th or 8th in the order because 9 times out of 10 the pitcher is a free out.

We haven't seen La Stella hit at the big league level so maybe it is a bit premature for me to be lobbying for him to bat leadoff but if he is able to get on base at a decent clip I don't see why he shouldn't at least get a shot.