If, over the winter, Dipoto decided that he would stock up on CF types and then cut the first guy who failed....then he's way ahead of the rest of us. But I don't think that was the case. He had an OF vision and he was dang sure it was going to work.
It didn't...or wasn't. I will applaud a fast-bold move, even though I'm not sure it was the right guy.
But the CF/LF failure was somewhat predictable. The two guys he invested in have career OPS's of .673 and .661. Neither reach .700 even with the split advantage vs. RHP. Vs. lefties, they have career numbers of .573 and .607. The chances that both would hit .700 this year were no better than both would hit .630. THere was a predictable train wreck here. Maybe not of this magnitude, I suppose, but at least the odds were quite high for a derailment.
Dyson is at .575 overall, right now, BTW. Do we tolerate that for the next 60 games, until mid-summer? We sort of have to now. I wouldn't mess with Haniger right now (I was really impressed with his 3-4 yesterday, even if they were just knocks...and even if the bunt wasn't a sacrifice) and it is questionable if we're going to go with either Heredia or Gamel in CF, fulltime. Although Gamel would be fine. But it would be tres interesting if Dipoto simply patted himself on the back for Segura, Motter and Haniger and divested himself of a 2nd CF mistake.
That's the Doc Scenario (see above). Keep swinging for the fences.
Now that would be very bold. Go team.