Christian Encarnacion-Strand

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(07-17-2023, 11:33 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I think India is great as a locker room presence/leader, but He's never been an elite hitter or fielder. He's generally regarded as the weakest defensive player on the infield and his career OPS is .768. If it weren't for his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2021 (which may not even be a top 5 finish in this year's rookie of the year race), I don't know if we'd feel like he must be a central piece to this team.

I would love to get 2021 India back, but the more he plays, the more I wonder if that was just an one year wonder kind of season.

Yup?

It seems every game that goes by India gets a little more leaning towards just being "a guy". And this is coming from one of his bigger fans.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying he's a piece of crap, done, washed up, whatever. We could live with his let's say average defense if he continued hitting like he was in April and May, rookie year and so on. But if his real average is closer to .200 than it is .300 it starts getting bad for his long term starting.

I'm not saying pull the plug today. I'm saying give him couple days totally off. Like has been said have him DH a couple times. See if he comes out of the funk