Nice post. Way to answer the question. Are you and Pete related?

Gio is a decent fielder who just got called up and went like 4 for 5.

talk about a skipper telling a player he's a scrub no matter what he does.

don't like it

we need Gio to succeed and should be building his confidence not shredding it.

go royals!!!!

we gotta beat cleveland

I'm not a fan of small-ball tactics in most situations. The game has evolved, as has the understanding of it.

Just like Ned ****ing Yost needs to ****ing understand that our tiny left-hander has less success against LH hitters.

But what do I know about baseball? I'm one of the worst baseball posters in here.

First place Indians. Time to prove we belong.

Collins as of late has been ass. I hope it's just a funk but he cannot keep this up

Come on, you can't expect Ned to look at things like stats.

Johnson can get to balls Gio can't and has a better arm. The chances of his spot in the order coming up again were extremely slim. If Gio's psyche is that fragile and he doesn't understand that Johnson is a better fielder, then he's going to struggle in the majors long term.

Gio clearly looked like shit on defense all day. Over-matched, especially on a strong pick, near double-play.

Arm strength from second base matters how much?

I couldn't believe Yost just stuck him in there against the meaty left handers like that. Yost nearly cost us this game.

Meh, his jump-turn-throw was meh! LMAO

Depends on the situation. If trying to turn a DP on a speedy runner after a weakly hit grounder or attempting to throw out a runner at home on a relay throw, it is pretty important.

How Yost isn't explicitly asked about using Collins against lefties is maddening.