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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1767022" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hummel-juan-yepez-is-going-to-be-here-a-while/article_7722441d-f4ec-55b5-979e-cd36a0beb1a0.html#tracking-source=most-popular-sports[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Check out the highlights from Rick Hummel’s Cardinals chat with readers.</p><p></p><p><strong>Q: If Juan Yepez continues hitting at a level beyond what most of the other players are hitting, how do the Cardinals make their roster work?</strong></p><p>A: Juan Yepez is going to stay for a while, perhaps a long while. Brendan Donovan could be in some jeopardy unless the Cardinals think they don't need three DH types (Albert Pujols, Corey Dickerson, Yepez) and then Dickerson could be in trouble even though they gave him a $5 million contract.</p><p>If Yepez continues to be productive and is not a liability defensively, you can use him in the outfield occasionally and as a DH more often. Somebody will have to go, and it won't be Pujols. The Cardinals can't carry three DH types too much longer.</p><p></p><p>Pujols' at-bats may decrease if Yepez does well but any time Pujols thinks he is done, he gets to make that decision himself. Dickerson doesn't have that luxury.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1767022, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hummel-juan-yepez-is-going-to-be-here-a-while/article_7722441d-f4ec-55b5-979e-cd36a0beb1a0.html#tracking-source=most-popular-sports[/URL] Check out the highlights from Rick Hummel’s Cardinals chat with readers. [B]Q: If Juan Yepez continues hitting at a level beyond what most of the other players are hitting, how do the Cardinals make their roster work?[/B] A: Juan Yepez is going to stay for a while, perhaps a long while. Brendan Donovan could be in some jeopardy unless the Cardinals think they don't need three DH types (Albert Pujols, Corey Dickerson, Yepez) and then Dickerson could be in trouble even though they gave him a $5 million contract. If Yepez continues to be productive and is not a liability defensively, you can use him in the outfield occasionally and as a DH more often. Somebody will have to go, and it won't be Pujols. The Cardinals can't carry three DH types too much longer. Pujols' at-bats may decrease if Yepez does well but any time Pujols thinks he is done, he gets to make that decision himself. Dickerson doesn't have that luxury. [/QUOTE]
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