With Schneider now the full time guy and a former manager like Mattingly coming in, I think, yeah, breaking up some of the group now with Gurriel and Teo before him, that maybe ran over Charlie, isn't a coincidence. Shades of Brett Lawrie and crew and some of those antics which Giibby quickly grew tired of back when.
Losing a top prospect is never ideal but when they are currently in a decent depth in that position, it works short term.... this is the LH bat they needed last offseason. RH bats are a bit more plentiful.
Still think they are not totally done tinkering, I still forsee a veteran name of some kind that Scheidner or Mattingly trust to be a part timer but a strong leader in the clubhouse.
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