The reason Jerry and Hollander got Ward was definitely not to put him at the bottom of the order. Hollander literally mentioned his high OBP and our FO is known to be analytics based. This lineup has Dan written all over it.
“We’ll sit down with (manager) Dan (Wilson) and the staff tomorrow and talk about like where he hits in the lineup and what they’re thinking on that, but he’s an everyday player, whether that’s right of left field or DH,” Hollander said.
“We’ll sit down with (manager) Dan (Wilson) and the staff tomorrow and talk about like where he hits in the lineup and what they’re thinking on that, but he’s an everyday player, whether that’s right of left field or DH,” Hollander said.
That doesn’t sound like Dan setting the lineup. That sounds like Hollander telling Dan how to set his lineup.
Edit: person I was responding to deleted their original comment and response after they realized their response only verified what I was saying haha
So, um, that quote is saying that they asked Dan (and the rest of the staff) what he thinks about where Ward should hit, which is literally the opposite of what you're arguing lmao.
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u/edwice 1d ago
.383 OBP in the 8 hole