Jason Mackey

I mean, Triolo is a gold glove third baseman.

Like there's a lot of benefit there to playing him at third.

People forget he's been a seven war player in his career.

I mean, that's actually a pretty good defensive alignment.

If you have Jared Triolo at third, Connor Griffin at short, the left side of your infield is solid, man.

So, yeah, I mean, they're getting some home runs from nontraditional spots, but it doesn't matter.

At the end of the day, you just got to score more runs.

I don't care who scores them.

Yeah, I mean, yes and no.

He's in the lineup because he can field, because he can play a bunch of different positions.

I don't think it has anything to do with anybody else.

He's a very valuable player on this team.

I really like him a lot.

I hope he continues what he does over the final two months.

So, I mean, there's zero question about him making the roster.

It's just how you deploy him.

I can see value in deploying him as a utility guy.

And people who don't think about this stuff, I mean, what that does, it allows you another bench spot to use it how you want to.

You can have a bat, maybe somebody who's defensively deficient.

You can carry him on your roster because you know Triolo can cover you in any number of spots.