No freshmen in lineup

One is out for the season, one missed time with injury which hurt his development, and one is primarily a pitcher for now who will throw in key situations in the postseason.

Yes, experience is big in the postseason but that isn’t the main reason most of those guys aren’t playing.

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One is out for the season, one missed time with injury which hurt his development, and one is primarily a pitcher for now who will throw in key situations in the postseason.

Yes, experience is big in the postseason but that isn’t the main reason most of those guys aren’t playing.

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I said for a variety of reasons. Injuries aside though, Guidry didn't beat out Thompson or Dugas, Neal didn't outperform Travinski or Milazzo, Jones didn't outperform Beloso, and Kling didn't outperform Jobert. I just thinks it's interesting. Every year people look at recruiting rankings and try to pencil players into the lineup but it still hard to beat out the experienced guys.

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Jones & Neal, combined, have started 85% of the games they’ve been available

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”available” doesn’t mean much. I’d assume both have been heathy this past month. Think they just got passed up

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Neal is out for the season

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News to me. Was this announced by Jay?

No he didn’t announce. But he doesn’t really talk about injuries either. Several insiders have confirmed

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I’d assume both have been heathy this past month.

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Your assumption is wrong.

Probably not if he was still hitting like he was and Travinski was doing what he has. But we don’t know if he would have adapted or if he was even healthy those last few weeks leading up to his last appearance.

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if he was even healthy those last few weeks leading up to his last appearance.

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Interesting point. Hard to say without even knowing what his injury is.

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next year they will be key cogs in the field and lineup

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I heard otherwise.

That’s not fair to them. We have studs everywhere in the lineup. Those guys are starting for 99% of teams out there. The ones that are healthy of course.