03-02-2010, 08:35 PM
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<!--quoteo(post=81144:date=Mar 1 2010, 09:37 PM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Mar 1 2010, 09:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah I don't think so either. Millar is a mascot, nothing more.
Fontenot also can't play SS at all, not even a little, so I still think there is a good chance he will suck enough in spring to convince Lou we need Blanco. If not then the bench will probably be Nady, Fontenot, Hill, Tracy, Fuld.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lou has fallen in love with Millar. While I am not happy with that bench, I can accept it, to a small degree.
Hill- good backup catcher
Tracy- Best 3B on our team outside of Ramirez, plus he can back up 1B and in a pinch he can play the corners.
Nady- Backs up the corners, and CF in a pinch
Fukudome can play RF and CF, and I am sure if desperately needed LF.
Baker- Can back up 2B, 3B and corner OF in a pinch
Fontenot- bad defensively at SS, but he would be the emergency SS if Theriot is injured. That would only be for a game, likely a few innings.
Millar- Yeah, he is a mascot. Lost his edge, and bat. But if Lou likes a guy, he usually finds room for him.
I am just making these observations off of the interview Lou gave on the Score a week back. He talked up Nady, Baker/Fontenot, Hill, Tracy and Millar. Never once did he mention Blanco. Nor did he even hint at his name or stumble to think of "that short stop from triple A."
The closest he came to mentioning Blanco was when he said the team had a lot of injuries and we had to depend on the kids from triple A.
<!--quoteo(post=81144:date=Mar 1 2010, 09:37 PM:name=Fella)-->QUOTE (Fella @ Mar 1 2010, 09:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah I don't think so either. Millar is a mascot, nothing more.
Fontenot also can't play SS at all, not even a little, so I still think there is a good chance he will suck enough in spring to convince Lou we need Blanco. If not then the bench will probably be Nady, Fontenot, Hill, Tracy, Fuld.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lou has fallen in love with Millar. While I am not happy with that bench, I can accept it, to a small degree.
Hill- good backup catcher
Tracy- Best 3B on our team outside of Ramirez, plus he can back up 1B and in a pinch he can play the corners.
Nady- Backs up the corners, and CF in a pinch
Fukudome can play RF and CF, and I am sure if desperately needed LF.
Baker- Can back up 2B, 3B and corner OF in a pinch
Fontenot- bad defensively at SS, but he would be the emergency SS if Theriot is injured. That would only be for a game, likely a few innings.
Millar- Yeah, he is a mascot. Lost his edge, and bat. But if Lou likes a guy, he usually finds room for him.
I am just making these observations off of the interview Lou gave on the Score a week back. He talked up Nady, Baker/Fontenot, Hill, Tracy and Millar. Never once did he mention Blanco. Nor did he even hint at his name or stumble to think of "that short stop from triple A."
The closest he came to mentioning Blanco was when he said the team had a lot of injuries and we had to depend on the kids from triple A.