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Originally Posted by RedDread
The one issue I have with moving anyone around is how much of a defensive loss it is. It seems like when anyone of our everyday starters sits the replacement is responsible for at least 1 bad play, error and/or run for the games they start. If this team loses any position player for an extended period of time, I would really worry about the defense. Hosmer and Moose may not be able to hit but they are light-years above their replacements defensively. I'd say a .180 Moose is still better than a .250 Tejada.
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To be fair, Moose has been incredibly awful, to the point where his defense doesn't matter. I simply believe its a 3-week anomaly, and he couldn't possibly be this bad. Whether he rebounds to being "not awful, but still kinda crappy", or "OK", or "finally, now thats what I'm talkin' about" remains to be seen.
In only 3 weeks, Moose already has -0.6 WAR. That is breathtakingly bad in that short a time, at least Hosmer has been about replacement level.