Quote Originally Posted by Matty Dispatch View Post
They probably told Bautista that if he went ahead and signed a minor league deal it would be a formality that he'll be able to get called up and get the chance to play at 3B every day. And the Braves are looking at it like this: 1. if he can provide big time power batting 5th or 6th and not be awful at 3B then he'll remain the starter. 2. if he sucks like he did last year then he's one hell of a pinch hitter for our team. I think the latter ends up happening and Camargo is the starting 3rd baseman the second half of the season. If that's the case and Buatista is a pinch hitter, that's a big plus over Culberson or Peter Bourjos.
The problem with tucker and Bautista as bench bats is they are both very limited in where they can play in the field.