1. Doc, I like to think that Elias went down in favor of Beimel. Kid could have been used in the bullpen. I completely get the "Man up kid!" attitude, but we jacked him around.
2. Zunino is Edgar's big "failure" to this point. Well, not really a failure, but he couldn't get Zunino to figure it out. Mostly it is this, Zunino attaks the left field upper deck with almost every pitch. Almost means "nearly," here. I've always felt that , like Smoak, he swings a bat that is too long and likely a bit heavy, but mostly too long. Length adds swing weight. Length "can" add swing speed, as well....but in baseball, as opposed to golf, swing speed doesn't mean much if you have to start earlier to get that swing speed up. Shorten the bat, choke up a bit, and square it up more. .199 and 22 homers is nice ('14) but 17 homers and .235 would be way better.
3. I'm giving Edgar huge credit for Austin Jackson's revival. Over the last month he's been a terrific player. I'm sure we will QO him now. I imagine he will decline the $14M (or whatever it is) but I wonder if he will think twice about hanging around Edgar for another season? Anyway, he was dead dead just 2 months ago. He had been dead dead for more than a full season. I'm impressed with his pop right now.
4. Montero has played sporadically again. He likes it when he plays everyday. I think he's, ahem, hobbled a bit right now.....but I hope he gets a bunch of starts here on out.
5. Can we bring in Moyer to talk to Montgomery? Get strike one and them bamboozle 'em Monty!! That's the ticket.