Ron Coomer
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I would say if you're Craig Council, he would ask this question back.
Where do you put them?
Right field.
You've got three starting outfielders.
You can't abandon Suzuki with what he has done in the past.
And last year, being a 30 and 100 guy, you've got to find a way to get Suzuki hot is what you've got to do.
And, you know, it's a tough one.
Position player-wise, when we went into the season β
and knowing the way Council manages his lineup, extra players were going to struggle.
The only guy that had a chance of getting some at-bats was Conforto, mainly because if, you know, Ballesteros, you know, has any issue at all, or, you know, the left-right thing as the game progressed, and that's kind of how it's worked out.
There's really not a lot of places that Council's going to start other players.
It's just, that's the way it is, and
I think you were looking at giving Council's bench a chance with another right-handed guy that had some pop.
If you were going to start pinch hitting for Ballesteros or someone else left-handed in the lineup, that's why he's here, and that's how he's used them.
He's used them as a pinch hitter.
He started, I think, once, and that's what you're going to continue to see.
Yeah, Johnny's a great guy.
I would say you'd have to know exactly who the people are that you're giving up.
I thought the Cubs had two really good hitters in the minor leagues in camp.