Jason Bartlett is the Twins extra outfielder this year.
We found out just how bad that idea was yesterday. With Arcia already out with an injury, and Willingham joining him yesterday, we saw just how bad Bartlett now is as a major-leaguer.
He struck out TWICE yesterday with men on base AND horribly misplayed two fly balls leading to some of Cleveland's "offense". He was so bad that even Gardy saw it, and he replaced Bartlett in the outfield with Eduardo Escobar for the last two innings yesterday.
Word has it that Chris Hermann will be heading back to the major league club today taking either Willingham's or Arcia's spot on the roster.
Sadly, I think Bartlett is still going to be around.
Gardy has the mistaken idea, that IF a player can field more than one position, he is more valuable to the team, frequently citing Oakland and their versatile players as an example.
The problem with that is that he's missing the obvious. Oakland has talented STARTERS that can be moved around day to day. And they are GOOD at fielding several positions. You know, like Michael Cuddyer was for us.
Just having inadequate bench players who can't hit or field IS NOT the same thing. I hope Gardy figures this out before too much longer. Our starters aren't good enough to support a player like Bartlett on our roster.
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