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Originally Posted by ChiTown
Exactly. Then why sacrifice potentially giving away runs on D, when you have one of the best MLB OF's available to play off your bench. THAT and Aoki's post season numbers in 34 AB's are awful .206/.282/.206  So, how much are we really sacrificing on O? I'll take Dyson's speed and D, please. |
The idea is that you need as much offense as possible in the early innings so you can get that lead going into the 6th. Aoki's avg. may not be great, but he's been solid. He puts the bat on the ball and gives you that sacrifice fly to score a run when you a need it. Dyson doesn't really do that well.
Once you get that lead then you beef up the defense just a little bit since you know that with your bullpen you won't need to worry about the offense anymore in this game.
It's worked all year long. No need to change it now.