Shouldn’t the Astros have had a better plan for fitting in Trey Mancini before they...
that the World Series-or-bust Astros had to figure out where Mancini fit. He was the team’s biggest acquisition at the trade deadline. He was acquired to boost a lineup that has obvious holes and is tied for 17th in the majors in batting average . During back-to-back defeats at Cleveland last weekend, the Astros totaled one run.
Yet Mancini, a veteran first baseman/outfielder/designated hitter, didn’t appear in Tuesday’s lineup written by veteran manager Dusty Baker, which followed a team off day. Mancini’s name also was absent from Wednesday’s lineup. When he was inserted as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning, he singled, improving to 5-for-19 with three home runs and seven RBIs since joining the Astros on Aug. 1.returned to the dugout Thursday after a COVID-19 absence and was asked about Mancini.
“It depends on who’s pitching for us,” Baker told reporters."If I got Framber pitching, then I need Yuli . He’s the Golden Glove. There’s only one Golden Glove, you know what I mean? And then if I got a fly ball pitcher, he only played 13 games in the outfield in Baltimore before he got here, you know what I mean? And so I’ve got to play my best fly ball guy out there. And he played right field in Baltimore because it’s a short porch, so I’ve got to play him more here in left field.
But Baker’s reluctance to regularly play Mancini is fascinating — that’s the nice way of putting it — when you factor in that he was the only big bat that the team added at the deadline. And that a struggling Gurriel, who went 0-for-5 in Wednesday's home loss, entered Thursday batting .235 with a .658 OPS.
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