i didn’t want to hijack this thread, but fine.

obviously freddy’s hitting has been terrible and there’s no way i’d try to deny that. i was referring to outright hostility that some fans seem to approach him with just two seasons removed from having his name chanted at the all star game. no doubt he’s performed below expectations, but compare with jason bay last year whose expectations were much higher and whose ops dropped 45 points, or one more than freddy’s has this year as of today. and as bay was, freddy is playing through an injury. i don’t remember the hostility towards jason bay last year. sure we decried his subpar performance but i’ve seen gamethreads where people seriously call for freddy to be demoted or worse, outright released in favor of brian bixler or rivas. i can’t remember anyone saying to release jason bay in favor of nate mclouth or nyjer morgan, even though both were arguably better replacements for the position than bixler or rivas.