Earlier this week, two of my favorite Tribe Scribes—Jordan Bastian of MLB.com and Paul Cousineau of the The Diatribe—weighed in on the left field situation in general, and one David Shelley Duncan in particular. It seemed, to my chagrin, they were disagreeing on Dunkers’ value as an everyday player and his viability as the team’s regular left fielder for the 2012 season.
At the risk of boiling down their respective arguments beyond recognition, the twitterversation went something like this*:
Jordan: Shelley Duncan has now hit two HR with six RBI in three spring training games. “Just give the guy the dang [left field] job.”
Paul: Duncan had a good September 2011 against mediocre, 40-man roster talent, and two good Spring Training games. On the other side of the ledger is a five-year career with sub-standard production. One of these carries more weight than the other…
Jordan: Weirder stuff has happened. (Jose Bautista enters the discussion here–briefly, to Jordan’s credit.) Small s
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Jose Bautista,
Ryan Spilborghs,
Felix Pie,
Aaron Cunningham,
Fred Lewis,
Trevor Crowe,
Thomas Neal,
Ezequiel Carrera,
Grady Sizemore
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays
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