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Tony Batista-3B- Nationals Apr. 20 - 3:12 pm et


Tony Batista missed the cycle by a single Thursday for Triple-A Columbus.
Batista is batting .326/.340/.478 in 46 at-bats. The Nationals hope to never have any use for the 33-year-old, but if he keeps hitting over .300, perhaps another team will want him as a part-time player.

krunchyfrogg

Can he play any other positions? Bench players need more versatility than just being a corner infielder.

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Rey-YES

Batista hasn't hit over .250 in the Majors since '01, and can play only 3B, which limits his value. Mike De Felice is hitting .400 with 2 HRs so far this year, and is a fine defensive C, but there's no reason for anyone to go for him either...

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Gregory Gewirtz

At this point in their careers, Tony Batista is basically Damion Easley - some HR pop, can play a plausible infield (I figure Batista, a former middle infielder, could play around the infield if necessary, though he hasn't done that recently), but has no other tools. All things being equal, I would have rather brought Tony Batista into camp as an NRI instead of guaranteeing Damion Easley money. Batista would also probably be a better bet than Fernando Tatis as an emergency spare part stashed away at AAA.

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graves9

Even Fernando Tatis is a better player and bench option than Batista, the guy is a total K machine, and a butcher at third base as well.

MetfanBren

The only thing Batista adds to a team is the shock value his batting stance brings. And Tatis should be gone when/if Abreu is ever allowed to play in America again. Andy Tracy actually has 5 HR's and 12 RBI and should slide over to 3B...