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Originally Posted by Gertner
He kept playing Buck to keep him as a Class B free agent so the Jays could get a comp pick for him. Tallet was much better against lefties than righties.
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If the numbers proved that Tallet was effective as a specialist, it's Gaston's fault for running him out there against everyone. That's what stats are for. It's not Tallet nor AA's fault for Tallet's overall stat line. Gaston's the one putting him out there, and Tallet is just doing what he's told.
And Buck was going to be a class B free agent regardless of games played. It's based on the previous two years, and by mid August, and
ALL of September, there was zero reason as to justify not playing Arencibia.
I read an article or chat somewhere that quoted Gaston wanting to give Buck a chance to hit an arbitrary, and meaningless, number of homeruns, just for the sake of it.
Either way, if Tallet is up to task, they can use him as a specialist rather than throwing Perez out there.