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[holiday613]

I dont understand how Casali can return while Tromp who has been hot gets sent back down... Im sick and tired abiut the calling a good game nonsense.. He is hitting . 100 for goodness sakes.. As rx told me, Tromp did more in a half a week than Casali has done this whole season.. Cut Casali Now!!!!

[klaiggeb]

I'm afraid I have to disagree, Mordy.

Yes, Casali has been awful at the plate, but his history is extremely good and I wouldn't want to write him off after 2+ months of the season.

The thing is, very, very few of our "COUNTED ON" guys are doing well.

Yaz, Flores, Solano, La Stella, Belt, Dickerson for one reason or another have, with an exception here or there, pretty much stunk up the lot in these first 2+ months.

Can't exclude them in this discussion, but we know they will all get it together.

We need to give Casali that same consideration.

Based upon his career, he's earned it.

[Islandboagie]

I don't believe Casali has ever been "extremely good." He's been better than he's showed so far this season, but this season he is doing worse offensively than any position player I've ever seen. In 70 at bats he has one extra-base hit, he's batting .100..that's not even decent for a pitcher. That said, he has done a nice job on the defensive end, not just calling games but also shutting down the running game, so maybe releasing him might be an overreaction. The other guys you mention, Boly, have at least contributed offensively here and there, Casali has contributed almost nothing.

[klaiggeb]

Agreed, boagie, he's contributed nothing offensively, but he's only a back up catcher.

I don't expect much more than his career record shows, which, for a guy playing once every 3 or 5 days isn't bad.

I'll take his defense over Tromp's in a heartbeat.