I'm waffling, trying to talk myself out of taking stasburg given his high cost, but... Atlanta without Freeman is the kind of offense you dream of facing as a pitcher
I think judging their crap lineup by run differential makes perfect sense given they've been forced to run out that crap lineup. Their record and differential should also suck.
But i think what you're saying is that their run differential isn't predictive since the lineup will get boosted once the guys that aren't replacement level DFA candidates come back from injury.
There's very few situations where a bunt legitimately makes sense. Pitchers in the NL pretty much anytime they are at the plate with runners on 1st or second and less than 2 outs is one.
When you're home and you only need 1 run and it's over and your worst hitter is up in a platoon disadvantage with actually talented hitters upcoming...
Might be 1 I'm missing.
Gibbons is insane. Keeps calling for bunts and expects a different result.
As much as Goins sucks with the bat overall, he had the platoon advantage and he would have been bunting for Barney, who didn't.
Stupid call
No doubt, chances are he goes back down after Pillar comes back anyways, unless they figure he is going to be playing everyday due to all the injuries.