While browsing through Bleacher Report lately I came across an article, by Nino Colla, about John McDonald being an unheralded backup who deserves more credit.
The fact of the matter is John McDonald does not deserve any more credit, he does not deserve an American League job and he is barely worthy of a National League backup role. Just barely...
The article proposed that backups are a role in the MLB that someone has to play and that John McDonald does it well.
This is plain wrong.
There is a role for backups in the MLB but it is never supposed to be a career position. The point of a backup is to eventually become a starter or it is a way to keep a bat that is past its prime—like Mike Sweeney or Matt Stairs.
John McDonald does not meet either of these criteria.
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