Quote:
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
"And I can promise you that opposing managers feel the same way and they have their pitchers pitch accordingly. So, if you take either one out of the game, you can be affecting the way the whole lineup is pitched to."
http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articl...osmer/13474021
So there it is: GM addresses the reasons why he won't demote the Cold Corner. It's so Dayton Moore isn't it? Making up totally unprovable (borderline funny) claims as a reason for why he does something. I know he hates Sabermetrics but at times the dude goes "full voodoo" on us.
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In the context of the entire column, I don't think what he said is off base. If you replace Moose or Hosmer with a Tejada for example, opposing managers or pitchers would prefer to see Tejada. That's not a complete justification for keeping them in the majors, but he didn't use it as the justification. It was well down the list.