tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633729735122113054.post3612650400323980999..comments2023-05-03T00:30:18.168-07:00Comments on Nuschlers News: Buster Posey to Fresno... Bengie Molina implications?Jim Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02607594670939158289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633729735122113054.post-64244701207789935922009-06-24T10:22:36.221-07:002009-06-24T10:22:36.221-07:00Bengie is a great team guy and a clutch hitter, bu...Bengie is a great team guy and a clutch hitter, but he has holes in his game (base running, catching high pitches) that are getting more glaring with time and he's hardly a day-in, day-out force in the middle of the lineup. Trading him soon for someone in the Jermaine Dye category (seems ageless, but maybe his due date is approaching) might be the way to go if there's a ready replacement. <br /><br />So, what about putting the Panda behind the plate? After all, it wasn't that long ago that he was being hailed as Barry Zito's personal catcher, so if he can handle that head case, why couldn't he handle more rational-thinking types like Timmy and Cainer? Is it an elbow issue? Is his runners thrown-out ratio on stolen bases miserable?<br /><br />The question then becomes, who's on third? Why not Juan Uribe? So far, the guy strikes me as a clutch hitter with some pop in his bat. In my book, Sandoval-Dye-Uribe is a better recipe for runs than Sandoval-Molina-Wynn and especially Sandoval-Molina-Lewis (can Dye play left?). Any experts out there want to poke holes in this hypothetical defensive alignment?tubesoxhttp://tubesox-nation.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com