People seem to be going crazy because Andy Marte will be returning to the big leagues today.
It seems to me that most Tribe fans online love to overreact.
I truly believe that in a perfect world, Marte would stay in Buffalo to improve his game.
But here's the deal: we need him on the roster. Why? Because we need someone else who can play third.
At the start of the season everyone wondered why the non-hitting Casey Blake was still with the team, particularly considering we had a great hitter at first (Garko) and plenty of great young outfielders sitting in Buffalo. The answer was simple: Casey can play third base.
We have Rouse as a back-up at short or at second. We have half a dozen guys who can play first if need be. But we don't have much depth at third.
Marte has to be on the bench in case a) Casey is injured b) we need to give Casey a break during a rout or c) Casey starts making errors. Our infield defense is too important to give guys too much rope to hang themselves with. We have to carry another third baseman on the roster for insurance.
I'm sure Marte will get starts, but I don't think this means he'll be our every day guy. That would be lunacy.
But Marte is back for a reason, and it's not because Wedge and Shapiro are insane.
And speaking of roster moves, what do we do if Sowers has another bad outing? Westbrook isn't back for another three to four weeks and I don't think another bad start is going to allow the Tribe to wait that long before making a move. Personally, if Sowers doesn't perform tonight I think they should send him down for a few starts and give Miller a shot. They can go from there when Westbrook is back.
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It kind of sucks for Marte, that he pretty much had the everyday job at third before his injury, and now he'll probably only get spot starts. But it would be crazy to just give it back to him when things are going so well for the team. Because that's what's important - what's good for the team.
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