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Originally Posted by Delfino Delivers  TaS; what is your feeling on the whole Cabrerra-Guillen switch? I would prefer to see Inge at third and Guillen DH. I think Sheffield is all DONE. |
If Inge is out of the equation, then I like the switch. Guillen is clearly a better fielder and moving him to 1st was to save his knees. 3rd would be just as easy on the knees as 1st I would think. You're not involved in every play, you rarely have to hold the runner on base, and theoretically, you should get a similar number of ground balls.
However, it seems like Inge has improved his hitting this year to the point where his offense is not the liability that it used to be (although it might be too early to make that determination).
I guess I'd keep it as is, but I would move Guillen and Cabrera to the DH every few games and put Inge in there.
Another thing to consider is playing Inge at 3rd in games that are expected to be pitcher dominated games, where defense will be more of an issue. In games that are going to be run-fests, then go with the big hitters.