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Originally Posted by Shorty3281
Ok, you are right in the sense of 1 season age has nothing to do with it so I will rephrase:
do you really believe a player with a career .780 OPS is a good fit for 3rd?
point being, i said i like the team but don't know if it's a good sign that they have byrnes hitting 3rd. if this was the giants, it's fine. but the dbacks are contenders. all i'm saying is that's kind of a weak ass 3rd hitter.
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He hit 3rd last year and the DBacks won the most games in the NL. Arizona is full of #2 and #5 hitters. Still, they get on base a lot and force most teams into the pen early. There's a lot to like, they just are young and don't want to put too much pressure on guys and stick with Byrnes.