Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Bird Injury Leaves IF An Even Bigger Mess For Evil Ones

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Tell the truth, are you scared of the following infield: Tyler Austin 1B, Neil Walker 2B, Didi Gregorius SS, Brandon Drury 3B? No? Well, with ankle surgery scheduled for Greg Bird, that's the likely personnel that The Bronx Embalmers will prance out on the diamond come Opening Day. Other than Gregorius, it is a Quadruple-A level group of players. Now, with the additions to the roster made by The Evil Ones over the winter, they will certainly hit the ball—but at least three players in their lineup are decidedly underwhelming. We'll see if the 'big bashers' can compensate for the 'pea-shooters'.