Tomas Gardel

Hooks Washington

Derrick Doster

Who would you pick to fill the role of DH versus LH pitching?

probably Doster. 90+ CON and POW with respectable ratings everywhere else is usually pretty awesome.

Isn't real question - "Do you think Derrick Doster can hit better than .370/.475 as the LH part of a platoon?"

My answer is yes, with the usual caveats about small sample sizes (made smaller if you're not an NL team) in any given season. I'd guess Doster is .360/.525, career, in 12-15 seasons.

But with Gardel/Washington ahead of him on the ML years and financial depth charts, I'd be tempted to let them play out their contracts and keep Doster in AAA. I certainly wouldn't pay any of their contracts to open a slot for Doster, but if I could get "value"...

Quote: Originally posted by soxfan121 on 3/16/2010Isn't real question - "Do you think Derrick Doster can hit better than .370/.475 as the LH part of a platoon?"

My answer is yes, with the usual caveats about small sample sizes (made smaller if you're not an NL team) in any given season. I'd guess Doster is .360/.525, career, in 12-15 seasons.

But with Gardel/Washington ahead of him on the ML years and financial depth charts, I'd be tempted to let them play out their contracts and keep Doster in AAA. I certainly wouldn't pay any of their contracts to open a slot for Doster, but if I could get "value"...

Thanks for the feedback. Financial considerations are taken care of; age/ML years is irrelevant in this particular instance. It's just best production for this series.

Doster.. Higher probability of success because of the contact/power.

If you need your DH to get on base, Washington. If you need power, Doster.