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Originally Posted by jd1020
Schwarber needs to be in Iowa. If he's getting pinch hit for with the bases loaded then he has no right to be in the majors right now. Maddon has misused him all year.
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There's a lot of truth to that.
He obviously ain't on the field for his glove. So if he can't even be counted on to lift a fly ball against a lefty in a tie game, what the hell good is he?
And as you've noted, Maddon's decision to make him the leadoff hitter has just wrecked him. Perhaps there was a likely sophomore slump in the making anyway (it's effectively his 2nd year in the majors), but I can't imagine being asked to completely change his approach helped either.