Frank Thomas has been released. Adam Lind will be called up and be the full time Left Fielder. Matt Stairs and Shannon Stewart will take over the Designated Hitter duties
It's a swift move that seemed inevitable 24 hours ago after his benching, but one that really raises eyebrows. Many baseball notables mentioned Thomas' loss of bat speed during Spring Training and early on this season, and there has recently been a noticable change in Thomas' plate approach to compensate for this deficiency. But, as everyone knows, Thomas has always been a notorious slow starter, and outright releasing the player obviously is more than a pure baseball decision.
After all, take a look at the line up treaded out today against the lefty:
D. Eckstein
A. Hill
A. Rios
V. Wells
R. Barajas
M. Scutaro
L. Overbay
G. Zaun
J. McDonald
Yeah, that's Rod Barajas hitting in the five spot. And Marco Scutaro in the six spot. Ouch.
Let the Barry Bonds rumours start percolating once again.
1 comment:
Why isn't Lind at DH again? Gibbons you're kosher, you're inexpensive, I think you're better than people give you credit, but come on big guy give our boy some time
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