All teams have injuries. No excuses. Next man up.“Mets must be the team with the most injuries over the last few years.“
Some Yankee fans (including me) would disagree with the above statement.
I've never understood the strategy of moving a lousy infielder to 1B and assuming he'll be better there. 1B is an important position, and having a good one improves your infield temendously. We've had excellent defensive first basemen - Hernandez, Olerud, even Ike Davis was good with the glove. They save outs, runs (and pitch counts) all the time. Right now, Pete is below average. Do we actually think Vientos, who has lousy hands (and a poor arm) will be any better?
Marillac, problem is Vientos has bad “hands” and bad footwork. Balls hit directly at him are a problem. Just because he moves across the diamond is not going to fix that.Vientos was a shortstop who was moved to third. I don’t think there was ever a point in Alonso’s career that he could physically play either position. To steal Fun’s word, Pete is a lummox.
It would be shocking if Vientos didn’t have significantly more range and was substantially better in unpredictable situations — e.g., going after foul balls or throwing on the move. The conversion problems tend to come from catchers and bad outfielders moving to first. Also, I think Vientos has a rocket arm.
I am 100% team Alonso. I think he is fine defensively. Stearns f*cked up not signing him long term.
Marillac, problem is Vientos has bad “hands” and bad footwork. Balls hit directly at him are a problem. Just because he moves across the diamond is not going to fix that.
Also moving his “rocket” arm to 1st is wasting his best attribute.
I think he is a DH candidate. If Stearns wants to improve “run prevention” having a defensive liability like Vientos changing positions isn’t gonna cut it.