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because they WILL play large humans at third.
We tried going all-in with defense and watched a funeral pyre of epic proportions on offense.
We're now going all in with offense.  If Cat sticks at 3rd and Franklin at short we'd have 3B, SS, 2B, C and LF all as average or below-average fielders. 
The Angels are betting on speed at many positions to win back the bases on offense that they might give up with some positions on defense.
Well, Ackley is a rocket, Vinnie can swipe bags and motor on the basepaths, Saunders and Trayvon and Guti can all fly...
It's a different approach.  IMO it'd work better for us if we had a catcher going forward who could throw guys out, but neither Montero nor Jaso are good at that.  When we play the Angels we're gonna get run on.
So our pitchers had better do their jobs, and our hitters had better jack some balls out of the park.  It's a different way to play.
But I'd find it hard to believe it would be any worse than what we've seen.
~G

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