Tonight was the type of game I worried about when I saw Happ, Schwarber and Baez were all likely to get starting playing time this year. All 3 currently have too much swing and miss in their game. They combined for 8 k's in 15 ABs with no hits and no walks. You can get away with one guy having a game like they did. You can probably get away with 2. But if all 3 end up seeing big playing time I'm worried the team will be feast or famine.
On paper those 3 are probably better than Almora as a hitter. But on paper Almora is a .290-.300 hitter who doesn't strike out. I'd just prefer to see 2 of the 3 in any given game with Almora playing more. When all 3 are hitting hot then sure you're likely losing value hitting almora but he was also only 1 of 4 guys who had hits tonight(Zobrist, bryant contreras). Or hell, if you don't want to play Almora more I'd even rather see Zobrist more. Just want to see someone who will go up there and take consistently good at bats to get you through some of the bad ones you'll see from those 3.
