Spring Training 2023

[Dan_Stonerook]

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I'm sorry, but I'd rather have Bae or Marcano in the super utility role than Owings.
But it seems Shelton likes him.

[GreenWeenie]

I'd like to know what's super about any of them. If they were so super, they'd have a position; especially on the Pirates or similar teams.

[GreenWeenie]

I guess they had to come up with some modern, fancy, complimentary term for "bench guy." If they play a bunch of places, they won't sit on the bench as long as they should.

[statscbl]

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I'm sorry, but I'd rather have Bae or Marcano in the super utility role than Owings.
But it seems Shelton likes him.

Can we refer to Owings as JVM2 ?

[statscbl]

I guess they had to come up with some modern, fancy, complimentary term for "bench guy." If they play a bunch of places, they won't sit on the bench as long as they should.

I thought Josh Harrison was more valuable to the Pirates when he played several positions as opposed to being the everyday second baseman. He could hit and fill in anywhere or give a guy a day off.

[GreenWeenie]

Quite possibly. He absolutely added value.

Every team has guys who are versatile to plug holes, especially in these "playing time" days. It's a grind.

I dont see anything wrong with calling guys "bench" guys. Heck, even bench guys are MLB. We can only dream of being that good.

If every single bench guy is supposedly "super utility," then it really isn't all that "super" to me.

[Shedman]

Hey Weenie, how about a season prediction for W-L

[GreenWeenie]

Following my standard practice of waiting until the day before Opening Day, when all games and all stats count, but excuses don't.

[Dan_Stonerook]

Garcia is out for a while.