Beat40 said:

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BQRyno said:

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Beat40 said:

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BQRyno said:

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Bregman doesn't need to be down for weeks to "prove it." We have guys with a better ops (nearly every other player) who should be in the cleanup spot. Bregman doesn't belong there until/unless he's the best option for that spot. That's it.

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But the question is actually how long? If he hits like he did 2017-2023 (excluding 2019) for 1 week? 2 weeks? 3 weeks? Because that hitter is currently better than Pena.

Bregman is to going to catch up in OPS, so, you're going to have to use a time period to judge if he's back to form.

So again, how long are you waiting to move him back to 4. The Astros need the 2017-2023 (excluding 2019) Alex Bregman in the 4-spot badly, so if he goes he's back to that, you have to move him back to the 4 even if his OPS is lower than Peña and Meyers.

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Can we wait to have that discussion until his obo surpasses something like .800?

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No, because if he hits like his track record shows once he moves into the 5th spot, it may be 4 weeks before his OPS is above .800. You would miss out on 2017-2023 Bregman for potentially 2-3 weeks in the 4 spot if you wait until his OPS is over .800. It's the entire point of my questions and the crux of what to do with Bregman if he starts mashing the ball while in the 5th spot.

I'm asking the question of how long to wait because if he improves and shows he's hitting to his track record (which is better than what Pena is currently doing) from the 5th spot, you can't afford to keep that hitter there for a long time.

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PoppaB05 said:

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I just want to say how monumentally stupid it is to play Abreu at 1B and Singleton at DH after once again seeing how terrible Abreu is at 1B. This is insanity

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