Look what exactly does Gary Matthews Jr. bring to the team, think of the five skills. Speed, power, OBP, batting for average, arm strength and I'll throw in outfield range as well. For those who support him we fall back to the classic, he's a baseball player that you want him in your dugout.There are 18 players on the team that should be able to lay down a bunt when called upon to do so, 13 position players and the five starters. I'll even give the the starters a break but a positional player has absolutely no excuse, pitcher are trying to get the out, they want you to bunt. GMJ failed to successfully bunt into an 0-2 count and then struck out swinging on the next pitch, it was the Mets first true scoring opportunity with a tie score. He's batting .200, has no arm strength and takes odd routes on balls. With Beltan returning to the Doctor and his return hard to determine, I would replace GMJ with an outfielder who can handle center field. Jason Pridie was suppose to...
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