But he is blocking players, the way in which the roster is currently constructed.
Bell is either 1B or DH. Clemens WAS to be the primary 1B. When Bell plays 1B, who is the DH? Clemens?? Or is Clemens to become the back up 1B, 2B, 3B??Last year because of his negative fielding, Larnach was shielded from playing in the field by making him the day in day out DH. Now that they have got BELL = They are putting Larnach back in the OF?? When Bell is the DH, what becomes of Larnach = LF. If Larnach is in LF and Buxton and Wallner finish out the OF: what becomes of Martin? Does Martin then lose his LF job and revert to being back up at LF, RF, CF, 2B ?? What Becomes of Roden? Where is there room for Rodriguez, Gonzales, Outman (why is the latter still on the 40 man roster anyway ?).
Considering the stated intention to run the bases like what took place down the stretch in 2025, adding a SLOW running, bad defensive player, at a position staffed by a 2025 holdover makes no sense. Whatever "the plan" is not about building a team for long term success; it's about trying to make the corporate owned season ticket holders happy so they can brag about a Josh Bell longball the next day at work and recount the number of beers they drank and the number of hot dogs they ate. Because in reality most shelling out for season tickets just want to brag about going to the game. Most don't even know the players on the opposing team, let alone the players on the home team.