.J has shown such great plate discipline (has he even struck out yet) Nope, 4 walks and 0 K's. He's on pace for 162 walks, no strikeouts, and 41 doubles. How sweet would that be? Dang sweet. Part of the rationale for playing Hall other than giving him playing time might be that he is more likely to get ahold of a ball and jack it out of the park than Hardy. Maddux has been giving up more home runs as of late, so it might not hurt to take a gamble on Hall hitting the ball a long way.