09-03-2023, 03:38 AM
(09-03-2023, 12:11 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Don't really need to fill holes with free agents (offensively), and I wasn't suggesting it either, he will be pushed out by other internal guys....
Fraley, Friedl, Benson in the outfield.
DLC, McLain, India, CES in the infield.
Stephenson at C.
Just need to add a 2nd Catcher and maybe a real DH, neither of which is a role Marte is competing for.
Senzel got time because the Reds weren't good and weren't trying to be good. It is easy to give a guy time when you are expecting to lose 90+. The Reds aren't in that position for 2024.
Not writing him off yet, there will be an injury eventually and he will get another shot, and he will keep getting time before India returns. Just saying once India returns, Marte seems to me to be the easy choice for odd man out until another opening appears.
Oh okay, I see what you're saying. Yea, when India comes back (unless we trade him this off season), Marte may be the odd man out of the daily lineup. I still think they'd work him into the DH role (or perhaps have India in the DH role), but he'd be the first to drop from the lineup when they use the DH for someone else, I agree.
That is, until he starts producing. He's only 21 after all. He has all the potential in the world. He just needs to actualize it.
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