Last night Rod Barajas nearly lost the game for the Phillies when he pansied out and shied away from covering up the home plate allowing a run to score. Tonight he again looked frightened and sheepish. Barajas tried to tag out Miguel Olivo using only his gloved hand. Olivo ran hard and was able to knock the ball loose and scored. If Barajas had used his none glove hand to secure the ball then the ball would have stayed put and Olivo would have been out.Barajas was supposed to play solid defense and throw in a few homers. Rod's defense has been appallingly bad. He has thrown out two of eight runners who were attempting a steal. That's below his career average. His offense hasn't been much better. Batting .208 with 2 homers just doesn't cut it.
I didn't criticize many of Pat Gillick’s off-season moves. At the time of the Barajas signing I thought the Phillies didn't need him. Now what I suspected then has been confirmed. Carlos Ruiz is ready to be an every day player and Rod Barajas isn't worth his roster spot.
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Picture of Rod Barajas from eurosport2.com
I use stronger words like "hate" instead of "angers" and "pussy" instead of "pansied", but the point is the same in describing Rod Barajas. He's absolutely worthless and hurting this team. Coste needs to be the backup, hell the way he hits he should maybe be the starter. This season is ridiculous so far, bad fundamental baseball...sickening.
ReplyDeleteThere's a reason why they call them the fundamentals. If you can't do them then you lose games.
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