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Thursday, August 04, 2005 |
Tracy, Are You Taking Notes?
From today's Prospectus Notebook:
Choi is hitting .248/.332/.476 in 246 at bats through Tuesday. His .808 OPS ranks fourth among active Dodgers, and his 14 home runs rank second. Despite that, manager Jim Tracy has played Choi less and less as the season has worn on. Choi has gotten only 30 at bats since the All-Star break, a stretch which spans 18 games, as he has been shuttled from a platoon partner playing regularly against righties into a pinch hitting role over the past week. (Choi's platoon issues are also overrated. He hit over .300 against lefties in the minors but has gotten less than 80 at bats against them in the show.) After GM Paul DePodesta called up catching prospect Dioner Navarro from Triple-A Las Vegas on July 29, regular backstop Jason Phillips, whose .668 OPS is better than only shortstop Cesar Izturis's .642 among LA regulars, has started four of the last five games at first base. Playing Phillips over Choi and Olmedo Saenz, who is hitting a robust .289/.350/.515 in 204 at bats, is a serious misallocation of resources that is costing the already punchless Dodgers dearly...Tracy can be counted on to not be taking notes, but why not throw it out there?Los Angeles was just four games out of first place in the weakest division in baseball after Tuesday's action, so Dodgers fans still have the chance to chant Hee Seop Choi's name in the postseason--if Jim Tracy and Co. would only give Choi the chance to help his team get there.
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