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Baseball Musings
March 30, 2005
The End of Endy

Endy Chavez will start the season in AAA. Frank Robinson and the Nationals tried to get Endy to get on base more so he could serve as the team's leadoff hitter. It didn't happen, so Chavez has lost his spot on the big league club.

Ryan Church will take over the centerfield duties for the Nationals. Church has a career .379 OBA in the minor leagues, but it's not clear that Ryan will be the opening day leadoff man.

Leadoff duty, though, may fall to Brad Wilkerson, who hit first 107 times in 2004, most on the team. Wilkerson, who also can play center, slugged 32 homers but drove in just 67 runs last year. He hit fifth for most of the spring -- and hit a homer from that spot Tuesday night -- and would like to remain lower in the order so he could drive in more runs.

My feeling is to give Church a chance and see if his power develops. If he winds up being a better long-ball hitter than Wilkerson, swap them in the lineup.


Correction: Changed Expos to Nationals. Old habits die hard.


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Posted by David Pinto at 01:18 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Here's to you, Mr. Robinson!

It's too bad Inning-Endy didn't work out but too many managers kept him around. Hopefully this'll be a wake-up call for the rest of the Natties.

Posted by: Rob at March 30, 2005 04:07 PM

You do mean the Nationals, don't you?

Posted by: Paul at March 30, 2005 04:36 PM
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