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Gil McGregor
Montero placed on the 15 day DL retroactive to Monday with persistent back pain/stiffness. Apparently this condition has been a problem for Miggy over the past several years. Tim Federowicz called up from Iowa.
Fowler is really the only guy playing well over his head offensively. The bench is producing, but the other core guys (Rizzo, Russell, and Bryant to an extent) are all going to trend up as we move along in the year.
Interesting that we have 4 of the top 15 guys in defensive WAR, and Heyward is 15th. Bryant, Fowler, and Russell are 9th, 10th, and 11th respectively. Was Bryant thought to be a good 3rd baseman? Thought defense was supposed to be a question mark for him coming up. Good to see he is producing at this level already (albeit early) defensively.
The things that make this team really good are the things that a lot of media types don't focus on, and that's defense and base running.
Hitting has been average but we are patient at hell at the plate and make them count when we get on.
Yeah, by "average", I meant in the eyes of what was expected in terms of raw power. Obviously averaging 6 runs a game is not average.