09-23-2021, 04:18 PM
(09-23-2021, 04:07 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No it was not lazy. It was an attempt to get the best players on the field. Suarez's 2020 slugging% would have been top 10 for SS and his OPS 12th. He also hit at a pace to deliver 44 HR and 110 RBI.
No one knew his offense would fall of so much this year.
They never intended for Suarez to start until they were practically forced to put him there. Krall specifically said that they cut payroll via releasing Bradley and tradng Iglesias for nothing in order to pursue a shortstop, then they didn't. Lazy probably isn't the word I'd use, but it definitely wasn't the plan to get Suarez into the position.
Doesn't matter now anyway, as Barerro is more than ready to take over, and if he isn't Farmer has proven himself to be capable (if he can replicate what he's doing now next year).
I feel like we have a good chance of seeing Farmer at short net summer with Barerro going to center, where he's been taking reps lately. I wouldn't totally despise it, but I hate to move a long term answer at short in favor of a veteran who's slightly above average and not likely to be here much longer. That said, if Matt McClain is the real deal as he seems to be, they should have another young and talented SS prospect arriving in the next couple of years.
