[peterbernard209]

Very grateful to be two games over .500 and in 2nd place in the division to start the day/month.

It;s telling me that Joey Votto has gone cold, and in fact his batting average is down to .220. I'm tempted to put Carew at first (this version of him is a first baseman), put Votto down for 14 days, and let someone like Juan Gonzalez get a crack at the DH spot for two weeks. Votto has always come through for me before, I've had him at DH or first in every version of this team in every league.

Wilbur Wood is back in the starting rotation and killing it. I love knuckle ball pitchers, and there aren't many of them in this game. His ERA is under 3 now, he's a big reason we're playing better. Also hot are Machado hitting .340 and Rod Carew hitting .391. Bryce Harper is hitting .300, Cano is hitting .364. Hank Aaron is only doing okay but he was known as a steady and not flashy kind of player, so he's probably okay and I want to just leave him alone.

I need a lefty pull hitter still, and am considering bringing Nettles up. With Machado at third and Carew (or Gonzalez or Votto) at DH, I don't know how I would get him at bats though.

All right, it's sacrilegious but I sent Votto down and replaced him with Juan Gonzalez. Juan Gone will DH and Carew moves to first. After 14 simulated days, I'll see how Gonzalez is doing and maybe put things back the way they were. Votto hadn't gotten a hit in some time, so it would be hard for Gonzalez to be worse than that. But I do expect to see Votto back in the lineup before too long, hopefully later today.