Eric Kratz

And I'm not saying it's Ernie Clement's fault.

I'm saying it's a team-wide thing.

They don't strike out.

Their MO is still the same.

So to me, I'm going to see some regression back to, or progression, I guess, back to what they normally do.

Vladdy's going to be an all-star.

I think the big miss right now, and this is where they have to tread water, and every year treading water is different.

Normally it looks like, ah, I'm a 500 team.

Right now, there's some bad teams that are a game and a half out of the wild card in the American League, but we'll get to that.

You got to tread water until you get somebody back that I think had a huge explosion on the scene last year.

Not necessarily as much in stats as everybody would like to look at, but when they extended Alejandro Kirk,

There was a lot of doubters around him because he had a defensive decline the year before.

And his defense went up.

Well, that's a value to the team.

That's a value to the rotation.

His offense went up.

That's a value to the team.

That's a value to the middle of the order.

So having Alejandro Kirk out.

It doesn't mean the guys that are filling in are uncapable.