I'm a little doubtful about this, but maybe Eaton needs more time at Omaha. He only had 27 PA's there last time. And even though his OPS was over .900 clearly something didn't get fixed.
Usually I'm the guy who says "leave him in the lineup every single day. You don't get better at hitting MLB pitching by not hitting MLB pitching." The gap between AAA and MLB has never been wider and he's an excellent example of that.
I'll admit that the guy is a complete mystery to me. It may turn out that he's just the quintessential AAAA player but I hope not.
I'm a little doubtful about this, but maybe Eaton needs more time at Omaha. He only had 27 PA's there last time. And even though his OPS was over .900 clearly something didn't get fixed.
Usually I'm the guy who says "leave him in the lineup every single day. You don't get better at hitting MLB pitching by not hitting MLB pitching." The gap between AAA and MLB has never been wider and he's an excellent example of that.
I'll admit that the guy is a complete mystery to me. It may turn out that he's just the quintessential AAAA player but I hope not.
That's some very fine managing, partly because it worked and partly because of the reasoning. Great execution by Fermin too.