Talk:The Art of Platooning: How it Could Effectively be Employed by the Blue Jays/@comment-101832-20060315140634

You&quot;re underrating Zaun. Like I wrote within the post, Zaun&quot;s OPS is more OBP-dependent, and thus more valuable, than Molina&quot;s. Defensively, they&quot;re quite comparable, as Molina&quot;s only real advantage is his throwing arm. And also, Zaun&quot;s a much, much better baserunner than Molina. I wrote a comparison between the two, in case you&quot;d like to check it out: http://bluebirdbanter.com/story/2006/2/7/2233/15370

In the case of Rios versus Hinske, the offensive upgrade is significant enough that they should try it. It&quot;s now clear that Rios&quot; impressive 2003 season is an aberration and there are no underlying statistics that suggest he&quot;ll improve dramatically anytime soon. Defensively, he&quot;s about middle of the pack, which could be much better than Hinske, obviously. If Hinske turns out to be awful defensively, however, I fully agree that they should not platoon him with Rios.