Again, not sure why you want to blast Francona for not playing a rookies when he has, then saying he has no option to justify your argument. I can't argue with a straw man.OK, and again, what has Chris Gimenez done to warrant him playing over Walters?
I always check the stats: Gimenez is 6 for his last 45 (.133) with 0 XBH & 2 RBI.
Call me crazy, but I'd much rather have the HR threat in the lineup, especially considering our offense couldn't hit AA pitching at this point.
I'll even give you Ramirez, cause frankly it's surprised me he's stuck with him with his boy Aviles on the roster, but how exactly can you not see that Tito loves his vets? I'm not even saying that he doesn't trust the rookies, just that he loves his vets..
You brought up Holt, but he got all his playing time when Murphy (out 8/9-9/5) and Raburn (out 8/19-9/2) were out.
He's started all of 3 games since Murphy came off the DL, 2 of which have come since Raburn's season ended.. How exactly is that "trotting him out everyday"? He did that only when he had no choice, when Murphy & Raburn were both out.
Again, not sure why you want to blast Francona for not playing a rookies when he has, then saying he has no option to justify your argument. I can't argue with a straw man.
As for Gimenez, having a 245 average and .640 OPS going in vs. a .282 OPS is what got him the incredibly small amount of playing time. I am not sure why you seem to think .282 OPS guys need to be ran out there, or how that makes a successful team, but whatevs. Francona's options were limited to some bad optons but you seem to really value the worse option over the other and want to blast him over something so innocuous. Go for it, I guess.
I'm getting into my underground bunker as we speak.Yankees blowing Jeter's last home game, though he's due up third this inning.
If he walks off, I'll have to believe the world is ending