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Originally Posted by lewdog
There isn't and Butler has been fine. People over-estimate what a good fielding first baseman means for winning games unless that first baseman is just incredibly horrible. Butler is an average fielding first baseman. A better bat is much more valuable, especially considering the rest of our defense is very good. However, Billy's splits when playing the field and DH'ing aren't much different. So it really doesn't matter.
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It seems to matter this season. I could give a shit what Butler has done previously.
Right now a good thing is brewing here and the team is scoring runs and hitting the ball over the fence. And that's the difference between sitting at home or playing in Oct, for this team.