How many games did we miss the playoffs by last year again? Uno.
I just ask myself in what world does it make sense to have Tapia get more PA's in a game than Vlad? There is no excuse for that in a W or L for us. On the FO and Charlie. This is a bizarro decision in 2022.
Even if you apply the old school lead off hitter rationale, he isn't BBing, he is still K'ing 18% of the time and he is fast but not that fast. I think 60th percentile speed. His underlying numbers are better but still makes no sense.