Saladino is playing above his head now but that's what you need over the course of a year, to cover up the Braun slumps/injuries. Villar and Arcia have had some really good at bats lately, and it's nice to see. Sure Villar now is sometimes taking TOO many pitches but he's actively trying to change his approach. And Arcia is going up the middle a lot, which means he looks close to breaking out. Pina finally has turned it on. Now my biggest gripe is not DL'ing Braun when at this point any problem he has had is literally a week thing. So what's an extra 3 days... instead of having JET BANDY the first option off the bench... bring up Phillips and have a super plus D outfield and Santana DH this weekend. ORRRRR Choi and have him DH or play first to spell Jesus so he can get a breather and stay productive. Same thing with Perez really, if these guys are going to miss 3-7 games anyhow, why not use the 10 day DL and bring up guys who can play? And can we agree that at this point the biggest offensive issue (and I honestly do not believe he adds much D value or game calling value) is Bandy. Can we let Nottingham backup Pina at this point?