Jesse Rubinoff

You're not paying him to be Louisa rise.

Like, that's the truth.

I mean, he's not Louisa Rice, though, right?

That's fair.

But he also has two home runs and 15 RBIs.

And if you're looking at projected stats, he's on pace for nine home runs and 65 RBIs.

But the reason it's not worth freaking out about on May the 3rd is because he's a notoriously streaky hitter.

You saw what he did in the playoffs when he was on one of his hot streaks.

You saw what he did in the WBC when he was on one of his heaters.

That's what mystifies me, too.

Literally, it can happen anytime.

where he gets hot for 10 games and suddenly he's not on pace for 10 home runs anymore and he's on pace for 25 again like he finished with last year.

I hope not.

I really hope not.

Every day the same thing.

He's still an excellent, excellent player.

He's an excellent player, but he still has to hit for him.

The two things could be true at the same time.

Yeah, you're thinking about ways that you can make the lineup that much more dangerous.

And part of the reason that we had the conversation about Okamoto in the cleanup spot today and why so many fans are confused about moves like that is because you're trying to find guys around Vladdy