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Originally Posted by tk13
The Butler hatred just makes my head explode. He needs to hit for more power but if I read one more post about how a DH hurts the team because he can't run or field... just no.
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You want to know why he hurts the team being purely a DH? Because we can't give other guys a mental/physical rest from the field, like most good teams do with the DH spot.
Butler can only be a DH, thus the spot is not available to any other player on our roster. I mean wouldn't it be nice to let Sal just bat one game, when he needs a break from behind the plate? Wouldn't it be good to let Moose DH a game when he's coming back from the nagging calf injury? I'm sure Gordon could use a break now and again from Left. Same with Hoz at first.
We can't do any of this stuff, unless you want to take Billy's bat out of the lineup. And unfortunately, we can't do anything like that with the current selection of players we have out there. Even though he's not driving the ball like last year (or like he should be), he still does get on base and at least have the possible threat of doing something with the bat.