he's been one of our best hitters lately and has been driving it hard. Pretty obvious why. He really should be hitting 2nd given his good eye and approach He is 3 for his last 25 with 1 walk and has a career 76 OPS+. If he should be our 2 hitter and has been one of our best hitters lately, that is absolutely terrifying.
This whole inning is made possible by that Carpenter walk. They were fine after the leadoff single. Bader gets on, Williams is too worried about him and just nibbles...and nibbles...and nibbles to Carpenter. Trust your stuff, man.