If true about Castro. .
Im guessing it mainly because they are looking towards next year and beyond and want to go with Russell and Baez up the middle. .
With 2 months left in the season, they want to get Baez as many AB as possible to get accustomed to MLB pitching again, as they did last year when they brought him up..
That what im thinking. .
Probably see more of Schwarber in LF to when Montero comes back..
I think that is pretty close. I see Ross catching Arrieta and Lester. Mostly because they have a bigger array of stuff. Just like today Ross catching. Montero would make it a strait platoon. Montero worked well with Lester and I doubt they will play that game. Mostly R/L stuff.
What sucks is Cog's getting the shaft right now. Even though I saw him as filler. I believe the game plan was Schwarber to LF when they drafted him. But Schwarber is hard headed about being a catcher. Seems he will do anything to stick at the major league level right now. I'm fine with it.
Onto Baez/Castro.
Castro will get the showcase time until the deadline. Post deadline I'll bet that they put him on wavers and see if any team trys to make a play. I'm thinking they will pull him back and try to get a decent arm. Maybe Black level. Maybe better. I do not expect much to be honest. Even as young as he is his game is flawed and that will not get better.
I believe they are looking to push Baez into the line up asap.
Fowler
Schwarber
Bryant
Rizzo
Baez
Montero
Soler
Pitcher
Russell
That is a line up that can knock it out of the park. Now the SO's will jump but that is what you expect. But the BB% should jump also.
The thing is with this team is they are going to go through ups and downs but it is a numbers game. More times than not one of them with be on fire and a high impact hitter on fire holds more weight than a singles hitter on fire.
