Add new comment

Would solve one corner with a vengeance, IMO.
Wells, career MLB splits: .675 vs righty/.838 vs lefty
Thames, career MLB splits: .754 vs righty/.634 lefty
And I think Thames has an upward curve to reach (OPSed over 1.000 against righties in the minors the last 2 years) while Wells is already there against oppo pitching.
We could run Wells and Guti (if Guti is still here) out there more against lefties, and Thames/Saunders against righties, with some late-inning defensive replacements available in the latter situation.
I'm not always a fan of platoons, but it's hard not to be when they dovetail together so well. Maybe Wells deserves a full-time shot, but I care less about what Wells deserves and more about plating every run we can.
Give Brendan Ryan a utility IF platooner with a nice lefty swing (*cough* Nick Franklin *cough*) and that's two platoons that would serve us well and put our bench to good use.
I don't expect either solution, though.
~G