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Originally Posted by Murphy3
If he can post a .340 obp over the course of a full season next year, then I'd just assume put him in the lineup every day.
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Yeah, there is definitely the argument to be made that his great patience at the plate is a welcome addition to this lineup. With that said, I am more making the recommendation I am to improve our defense at 3B to better help our pitchers next year. I am also doing it because I would like to see a better line than 15/60 out of our first baseman. Getting on base via the walk is nice, absolutely, but when Torrealba/Borbon follows you I can envision him being stranded regularly.
Again, a case is there to give him the job though and I know that. I just think considering we are looking at option B/C now instead of where we wanted to be, improving the team as much as possible needs to be our focus.