Mark Caballi
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So I'm not freaking out about him yet.
But I do think this.
I mean, they have options at designated hitter.
Like, before they signed Ozuna, like, you were looking at O'Hearn to be the DH.
You can run Brian Reynolds at DH for a few games.
You can even put Cruz at DH and have Mangum out in center field.
I don't know if that's the worst option.
Not that I had any problem with the signing of Ozuna.
But if he does struggle, I mean, you've got options of not that you're going to send him down, but you could give him some maybe more days off than you would, let him work on some things.
But I think as of right now, he's your guy that you put in there pretty much every day and allow him to work through this until he proves that maybe the fall off a little bit last year with his numbers is more representative of where he is as a player.
And I don't think that's a Shelton or a Kelly problem.
I think it was a roster problem.
More so of like, hey, we're trying to search.
But I do think that they're going to have guys that are going to slot into spots and then you'll have like yesterday's lineup or you've got guys that come in and play reserve roles and
Man, if they can have Sunday lineups that are productive, to give some of those guys a day off like they had yesterday, how huge.
Guys, I want to ask you both this.
The Cruz homers were great and big for him.
I thought, even though the game was pretty much decided, that blast from Reynolds...