Jun 9 2023 12:06am
PT TOMORROW: AL Central - Burger losing out on some playing time, but can it last?
Jun 9 2023
Jake Burger (3B, CHW) has been a fixture in the lineup for most of the season, ranking second on the team with 12 home runs, despite spending the first week of the season at Triple-A and having a short IL stint. But following a recent 4 for 31 slump, he's been out of the lineup in five of the team's past seven games.
With both Eloy Jiménez (OF, CHW) and Yoán Moncada (3B, CHW) healthy again, the path to playing time is a little murkier. Jiménez and Gavin Sheets (OF, CHW) have been sharing the RF/DH spots in most games lately, with Sheets playing regularly against right-handed pitching. He has once again been pretty mediocre, with a .246/.324/.434 slash line through 139 PA vs righties.
Sheets has been hurt by a 24% h%,...
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