To expand on my first post.
we could use his bat against lefties (he's hitting .292 against them).
No actually Mench is our main guy against lefties and he's batting .310 against them. Of course it would be rather foolish to just use batting average as a reason we should go after a player. On base percentage and slugging percentage are more important, at least to me.
He has cleared waivers. I bet Boston would take Zach Jackson or some other minor leaguer(s) for him.
I bet Boston would take a carton filled with rotting eggs for him at this point. He's not a good baseball player.
Him and Jenks should be the platoon in left,
So you'd rather have Pena (.292/.370/.477/.847/7 BB/21 K) over Mench (.310/.346/.524/.867/7 BB/7 K)
Hall in center, Hart in right,
Agreed with this though Hall is wearing thin on me and getting on my nerves.
and Mench or Gwynn as the 4th OF.
Why no Gross? Aww forget it.
Not saying he would be a savior or anything, I just think he could be had for fairly cheap, and would be an upgrade against lefties.
He wouldn't be an upgrade this year and over his career he wouldn't be an upgrade over Mench either.
The only problem with Mench is not even his fault. It's Yost who decides to play him against right handed pitchers when he should know that he's not good against them.