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But La Stella is a LH hitter. And he's better than Coghlan. And the Cubs have enough outfielders now that Soler is back.

Let's say that the Cubs want a LH outfilder. You want that against a RHP. You're basically saying you want to keep Bryant in the lineup at the expense of an outfielder, likely Soler. So, if you are to make that change, you are better served moving Bryant to LF and playing La Stella at 3B than you are if you keep Bryant at 3B and replace Soler with Coghlan in LF.

Keeping La Stella makes the team both better offensively and defensively.

I was addressing Maximus' point of the Soler is hurt scenario. La Stella is better than Cogs. Cogs is insurance against outfield injuries and he doesn't have options. That is the calculus. The Star will be around Sept. 1.

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Posted by The Sad Banana

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Posted on 8/9/16 at 10:59 am to therick711

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I was addressing Maximus' point of the Soler is hurt scenario. La Stella is better than Cogs. Cogs is insurance against outfield injuries and he doesn't have options. That is the calculus. The Star will be around Sept. 1.

The scenario I explained works even if Soler is hurt because the entire premise is taking Soler out of the lineup against RHP.

I know the Cubs like Coghlan. Hell I like Coghlan. But it doesn't make sense to keep an inferior player like Coghlan on the roster when you have the better option in La Stella.

If keeping La Stella up meant you DFA Coghlan, that's worth the price every time.

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