a few days ago during the back and forth with va longhorn, the orioles fan, he said something to the tune of, "your manager is benching your 2nd or 3rd best hitter and you're pissed, i would be too." we were referring to yainer, but that just shows how deep we are.
yordan, tucker, and altuve are the unquestioned 3 best bats. but bregman has been a monster for 2 months now and now has the stats to match. chas has been covered. abreu has been a mess but is turning things around the past month. yainer is a 24 year old rookie catcher with 20+ bombs and a .530 slg but is our 5th best hitter at best. that's how deep we are right now. only the braves are better offensively, imo, and even they have hit a bit of a patch lately.
the rookie (disney version) is pretty much schlock and i can appreciate that because it's disney and baseball, and i still like to watch it when it's on. one of my favorite exchanges is after the scout watches him pitch. he tells quaid he's gonna give the team the report and he might get a phone call. to defend this decision, he says something like, "if i call the office and say i got a guy here twice these kids age, i'm gonna get laughed at. but if i don't call in a 98 mph fastball, i'm gonna get fired."
that's how i feel about dusty and accountability. you got a cf outproducing the biggest names in the sport and a catcher who's a superstar in the making. somebody needs to hold him accountable. it's very clear that they're aware of social media, and the results are on the field. the media is gonna media. let's just hope october goes how we need it to go.