Jaime Jaquez Jr.
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And he's also had some really weird freakish injuries where he's been hit on the hand with balls.
And he's had balls fouled back and injured himself.
And he had the hamate injury that Lindor is currently rehabbing from right now.
So he's had some issues.
I think it'd be nice to see him hitting in 130 games per year.
Him DH-ing is interesting because they have this really weird roster right now, Zach.
It is a puzzle every night.
You know, we've had two Jared Young starts so far this year.
I'm not sure I had that on my bingo card.
Yeah.
So because of that, you've got a lot of strange bats.
I think Mendoza tends to really look at the matchups.
And then I sometimes think when he's making the lineup card, he overthinks them or the front office is overthinking it as they work in tandem.
Alvarez DH-ing is a little scary, but also he's just a very hot and cold player.
And when he goes into big slumps, you look down the lineup and you're like, okay, so it's Alvarez, Simeon, Benj, and those three guys are cold.
Then it just kind of feels a lot like it felt last year where 6, 7, 8, 9 were really weak.
And so the team was top heavy and just feels like a top heavy club again.
After game one, I texted my brother and my dad.
And I just said, and I might have sent you a similar thought.
I was like, this lineup is going to be an absolute bitch to pitch to.