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If Donaldson is healthy enough to play, Kipnis should not see any playing time in the postseason. To me it's that simple.
Tito certainly has his hands full.Just a reminder that over the last 3.5 months Kipnis has slashed .260/.346/.439 with a 113 wRC+
June: .266/.333/.443 with a 111 wRC+
July: .237/.333/.421 with a 103 wRC+
August: .253/.356/.425 with a 115 wRC+
He’s been a positive contributor in our lineup. They’re going to find a way to keep him getting regular at bats.
Tito certainly has his hands full.
First of all I'm a super fan of Jose and Frankie manning the middle and being a lockdown duo on defense. That's already one major improvement, this is no knock on Kipnis, but this team took off the second Jose started at 2nd just last season.
We're going to need a lot of defense.
I don't know what Tito actually does, but I like Kipnis taking September to get a feel in RF with Allen in CF. If Donaldson returns to good health and catches fire sometime after the feel out phase, we're a very dangerous ballclub because the top 5 or 6 are going to get some great pitches to hit.
Kipnis doesn't deserve to get written off. The stats you pointed out have proven him very solid minus the horrendous start that still has his numbers looking ugly.
How is Donaldson defensively? I’m not crazy about moving Jose back to 2nd 3/4 though the season.
Is his contract just 1-year?