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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
This is pretty-much a throw-away year for the MLB anyway, so why not unabashedly and unapologetically make a play for for the #1 draft pick?
And playing your #1 catcher at 1st base on his day off (instead of just as a DH, and give an benched infielder that job) is a pretty clear sign to the rest of the league that you're placing dibs on the #1 pick. Either that or we have some much more serious issues than any of us can imagine.
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Perez playing 1B is not a sign you're tanking. He's one of the team's 4 best hitters at the moment. When your catcher is one of the team's 4 best hitters it isn't unusual for them to get some time at 1B.
Buster Posey played a lot of games at 1B for World Series winners, for example.
Think it just comes down to Perez being a better defender at 1B than Soler is in RF.