Taking advantage of your opportunities...or not.

1. Totally undeserved opportunity: 100 ABs, .190 BA, .277 OBP, .280 SLG (3 2B, 2 HR)

2. Deserved opportunity: 42 AB  .119 BA, .140 OBP, .143 SLG (1 2B)

3. Opportunity because there we no one else and deserved based on spring training results:  79 AB  .177 BA,  .214 OBP, .278 SLG (5 2B, 1 HR)

Three guys who have had good opportunities and all 3 of them are not taking advantage of them.

4. Deserved and overdue opportunity: 5 AB   .800 BA (2 2B, 1 HR) 

Here is an opportunity seized and run with.   Not that this line will hold but it shows how you can make an impression.

More fuel on the fire that Bradley should have been here since the beginning of the season.

Still don't understand Owen Miller.   I get that there may be butterflies, adjustments to the big league, etc.   But this guy has a great spray chart.  He has hit at every level.   He hit this spring training.   Was killing it this year at AAA.   He looks overmatched repeatedly, even by the mediocre Baltimore pitchers.   I hate to say this but the guy doesn't deserve another ML AB until he figures this all out.  He has gone all Logan Allen on us and needs to go back to the minors.

Yu Chang?  Maybe he will come around.  

The next guy up is Bradley Zimmer.   We desperately need him in CF.   All he has to do is just be a mediocre .260 hitter with a little power, some walks and the good defense and baserunning he always shows.

Is he going to be Bauers part deux or is he finally going to figure it out.   

This team desperately needs Zimmer to hit so he gets to play defense and one of Miller or Chang to hit.

As far as today's 18-5.   Just flush it and move on to St. Louis.