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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4337264, member: 27"] Escobar is still a decent hitter batting right handed. He is awful batting left handed (against righties). That is why platooning him with Baty could have been effective. Gore can’t play 3B. Guillorme is still hurt so he can’t help. I think Escobar is the only real option to play 3B right now (if McNeill moves there, who plays 2B?). So we have basically almost a sure out every time a catcher hits and at 3B too, at least against right handers. Vientos is one of the best hitters in the IL. I would much rather give the 3B job to Vientos, at least against right handers. He is hot, he has power, he is hitting for average too. They must really think he is a mess defensively. Guessing Gore will mostly pinch run. That is his best and perhaps only real skill. Not a great way to use a roster position. We are burning another on a third catcher who cannot hit. If I was a starting pitcher, I would be mad. [/QUOTE]