re: At some point Hughes can’t be in the line up

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He and Broussard should be battling it out at second, assuming one of them can hit around .240. You don’t need a shortstop at third to have a good defensive third baseman.

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I don’t disagree with this at all. CPM has always stayed loyal to his returning players and uses the early season and midweek games to tweak his lineup.

It’s early. I can’t see Hughes in the lineup come conference play unless Smith goes down.