07-17-2023, 01:52 PM
(07-17-2023, 01:23 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: 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
Well, like I said, I think he's spent right now. Benching a guy is never what the player wants, but it's probably what he needs right now. I don't mean this in a long term sense. Just give him some days off throughout the week. He was pressing a lot in the 3 hole trying to hit for power. He needs to play his game and get back to being himself. If that happens, there's a place for him in Cincinnati. If it doesn't, things are going to get real tight when Marte starts looking like he has nothing to prove in AAA.
