[Mick]

Slater at 1B tonight.  He's 2 for 4, and finally getting some ABs.  AZ doesn't have a very good book on him -- he's 7 for 11 off them this year so far.  But ugh, that's it for the good news.

Panda down for the season yesterday and now Posey appears to have been concussed again.

And don't look now but Oakland could move into the wild card spot if they can win tonight.

Not all that bummed about Posey on the bench.  I like Hundley.  Posey's OPS is .782, but Hundley's is .759 and he's a lot fresher.  Their fielding statistics aren't remarkably different.  And Longoria's season OPS is the same as Sandoval's at this point, but his batting average of his last 15 games is WAY higher than Sandoval's.  So I don't mind those two going down, honestly.

I think we need to get rid of McCutchen.  Stanford's own Austin Slater has an OPS of .959 for his last 15 games, McCutchen's is .705.  Trade him.  Find a starter.

[Mick]

Slater at 1B tonight.  He's 2 for 4, and finally getting some ABs.  AZ doesn't have a very good book on him -- he's 7 for 11 off them this year so far.  But ugh, that's it for the good news.

Panda down for the season yesterday and now Posey appears to have been concussed again.

And don't look now but Oakland could move into the wild card spot if they can win tonight.

Not all that bummed about Posey on the bench.  I like Hundley.  Posey's OPS is .782, but Hundley's is .759 and he's a lot fresher.  Their fielding statistics aren't remarkably different.  And Longoria's season OPS is the same as Sandoval's at this point, but his batting average of his last 15 games is WAY higher than Sandoval's.  So I don't mind those two going down, honestly.

I think we need to get rid of McCutchen.  Stanford's own Austin Slater has an OPS of .959 for his last 15 games, McCutchen's is .705.  Trade him.  Find a starter.