No Nico again today.
Hindsight is easy. If Nico had only been down a week do you risk sitting him two. But I agree Vazquez should of been up for Masterbouni or Madrigal. Those two infield hits on routine balls to short cemented that.You ended up saving 2 whole days by not IL-ing him. The game is hard enough without choosing to play shorthanded.
Vazquez should have been up.
Agree. Their games are very similar, so not really value of having both on the roster. Feel like Hoyer needs to trade one of those guys in the next 7-10 days. Similar deal as with Lovelady, an A or AA prospect.I'm struggling to understand the value of both Madrigal and Mastro on the team. When Swanson and Hoerner are both back, I wouldn't hate sending both to Iowa and having Vazquez be the #2 3B/SS/2B.
100% agree. Vazquez can play 3rd as well so that isn't even a factor. It's time to see if these prospects can produce.I'm struggling to understand the value of both Madrigal and Mastro on the team. When Swanson and Hoerner are both back, I wouldn't hate sending both to Iowa and having Vazquez be the #2 3B/SS/2B.
Aside from Morel because his role went up, has any individual player improved from last year?2 whole hits today.
Team is fine. Injuries adding up, zero consistency in lineups, bullpen has been bad, and bad stretches in the season will happen.Officially on the fire Hoyer train. This team ******* blows.
Good enough to compete for the central. A closer and a big bat from contending for the pennant.Team is fine. Injuries adding up, zero consistency in lineups, bullpen has been bad, and bad stretches in the season will happen.
Here's a report Vazquez is getting called up.
Swanson's on the IL, Hoerner isn't. Best guess Madrigal goes down 1st. Allowing a Masterbouni/Vazquez platoon at 2nd. When both starters return hopefully they send out Masterbouni as well.Will be curious if this aligns with the discussion on here about Madrigal and Mastrobuoni. Or it reflects Swanson and/or Hoerner's recovery is a little slower than expected.
So you thinking DFA? I know he still has options.My guess is the decision to call him up was a control the fire you let get a little out of control situation. Swanson and Hoerner will play Tuesday, but they learned definitively Mastro will not be a productive contributor to a quality franchise.
Storyline after last year was that each individual game in April, May, and June matter as much as each individual game in July, August, and September.
You can not preach that narrative when you have Vazquez in Des Moines and play Mastro over and over and over again. He’s an automatic out with the bat and is not anywhere near a defensively reliable SS.
5 OF, Swanson, Hoerner, Morel, Busch, 2 C leaves 2 open spots. Wisdom and a MI (Vazquez). So if you keep Madrigal you lose PCA ( or Happ).It's gotta be Madrigal.
I actually like Mastro as the 26th man. Can play 5 positions and hits left handed. The couple hiccups he had at short were purely inexperience. Thought he was more than acceptable considering he'd never started at short in a major league game before this weekend.
And, as always, the idea of Nick Madrigal is far superior to what Nick Madrigal is in real life.