This is a season of evaluation..they have to figure out what value the young hitters are going to provide. Winning today's game is secondary to that discovery.
A lot of hitting is just guessing at the swing decision point. Canha executed poorly and gidp’d at the wrong time….crap happens. His track record indicates that he will get it right most of the time.
The offense is challenged with these empty positions. Some guys have to perform or we have to wait until they do.
They emptied the chamber bullpen wise in game one so it's good that Manning gave them a competitive start.
Tork should be more ready made given his career path(3 years in college). We should have basic competency with questions about his upside. But maybe they rushed him, his development was screwed up? I'm not sure. Hopefully he can get it going.
Avila likely rushed him to the majors in 2022..That's his fault and a feckless owner who put him in charge of a rebuild. But we do have to reach a certain baseline for him to be considered a core piece.
The months count and he ended up with a .758 OPS. He had a horrible March April, Good May, Mid June/July, and killed it in August/September.
Why are we repeating March/April of 2023? We have no choice but to patient. They need him to be good.