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Originally Posted by Westheim
Ottavino and Robertson must be - with Boom-Boom incapacitated - the most useless back end in the league.
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I suspect this is the 2023 theme for the Metsies, when one part stops sucking some other shortcoming will show itself. Like, it's really fun to watch 10-9 wins, but the offense won't do that every night although the mid-pen is up to the challenge of allowing that many.
I will say I'm thrilled to see different names on the roster and in the lineup. For all the handwringing about Alvarez' defense he's looked fine to me, and Gary Freaking Sanchez is around too (although I hope he's mostly set to be the Darin Ruf platoon guy at DH). They were smart to just bring him up and see what he does when he was getting ready to walk (although... how many more organizations are there?).
Sorry about Locastro
and hope they called Madison B. to see if he felt like sweating in Syracuse long enough to become a reliever/mop up guy. But I imagine he'll cash checks and chase cows instead.