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He has proven to be beyond lethal against left-handed pitching and competent when facing righties.
His caveman-like approach with the stick has been effective in run-producing situations.
By effective, I mean better than Mr. Mediocrity, Jeff Francoeur.
With Diaz's bat in Francoeur's six or seven-hole, the Braves' lineup seems to turn over with a lot more efficiency.
Francoeur's toxic attitude (as Joel Barker pointed out in a recent article) does nothing to help the team, and his innate ability to hit into double plays and strikeout with runners on kills rallies with the efficiency that Babe Ruth hit home runs.
I am tempted to give Diaz an everyday job like he had at the start of the '08 season.
He needs more work against right-handed pitching, but an outfield of Anderson, McLouth, and Diaz, to me, is better than what the Braves have now.
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