Quote Originally Posted by smootness View Post
I tend to agree with this. I'm not sure Bragg is good enough, either, but Skelton might be.

Gridley is fine; he's decent at getting on base, and he's solid, if unspectacular, defensively. But I don't know why people seem to think he's above questioning his starting status. Defensively, he's basically mid-career Jeter - no, he's not bad, and he might not hurt you there, but he's not really helping much. We have a better option defensively in Alexander, so why is it an issue that some think we're better off going that route?

And while you know what you'll get from him offensively, he just won't ever have much pop, so he'll need to bat around .330 to be an asset there. Alexander may not be quite as reliable right now, but he does have a higher ceiling with the bat.

I want to move them around early on. Play them in several spots. Play Gridley at SS and 2B, play Alexander at SS and 3B, play Stovall at 2B and 3B, and put Skelton and Bragg in there some, then go with what works. What would be the problem with that?
The problem with that is I then get to read about our fans complaining about the lineup not being the same everyday. I'm all for trying different people for the record.