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Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:56 am to piggidyphish

Posted by The Sad Banana

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Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:56 am to piggidyphish

That's not it at all. It's the lack of playing time. How is he supposed to build on anything if he can't play most days? That's a function of Valbuena having a really good year and Olt not doing enough to stay on the field against right handers.

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Posted by piggidyphish

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Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:59 am to The Sad Banana

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It's the lack of playing time. How is he supposed to build on anything if he can't play most days?

This sounds familiar...and when that one got rectified it didn't turn out so well.

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Posted by PurpleAndGold86

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Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:04 am to The Sad Banana

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It's the lack of playing time. How is he supposed to build on anything if he can't play most days?

Eh, Olt did have a stretch in there for a while where he played almost every day. It didn't work out and it got to the point where they have more confidence in having Barney in there.

Clearly RR doesn't have confidence in either Olt or Lake at all. Yesterday against the Reds in a 4-2 game with bases loaded and one out, RR bent over when the Reds brought in Manny Parra to face Coghlan and Sweeney without using Lake or Olt as a pinch hitter. I don't mind Coghlan hitting since he has been so incredibly hot for the last couple weeks, but either option would have been viable for a pinch hitter in that spot.

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