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M's Roster Construction

I was already annoyed by the M's bench selections, not having Norton or any other left-handed pinch hitter.  I mean, given this lineup, what's the #1 thing you're going to want to do with your bench?  Have a LH PH to hit for Lopez or Betancourt in key late-inning situations!

So you can't do that with the current bench.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.

But today I realized there's one more level of the insanity. You've got TWO backup middle infielders, in Bloomquist and Cairo.  But you're never going to PH for Lopez or Betancourt, since you don't have anyone to do so.  So having the TWO backup middle infielders is even dumber than before, cause they're primary use isn't going to happen either.

But boy, we sure do have the pinch runners available.  WOOOooooooo.....  um, yeah.

Burning bench questions:

1. Will Jimerson ever be used as a late-inning defensive replacement for Ibanez??  Or is Ibanez too holy for that, just like he's too holy to platoon?

2. Will Morse be used as a pinch-hitter for Lopez/Betancourt against a LH pitcher?  Or is Morse saved to only hit for Wilkerson?

3. Why can't we just make Cairo a coach and be done with it?

 

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