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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
The one issue I have with that article is that he keeps talking about the huge hole at second base that is the team's top priority to improve. Lawrie has played quite a bit at 2B this year, I don't think that hole is as big as he's saying.
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Sure... but one has to consider the possibility (nee likelihood) that the clock will eventually strike midnight and Juan Fransisco turns back into a pumpkin.
There's a reason they shift Lawrie back to 3B late game and have him start there vs. lefties. He's a plus fielder at third while merely adaquate at 2nd. It's fine doing that now to keep Fransisco's bat in the order vs. righthanders but if/when Fransisco's bat eventually no longer becomes worth it then that glaring hole at 2B rears it's head again.
Personally I'm more confident that the SP sorts itself out with Stroman starting and Morrow eventually coming off the DL to replace Happ.