"actually between May 8th and now LaHair has performed marginally better than Castro."

Wait, you are saying a 1st basemen/corner OF has better offense than a middle infielder?!??!?! Stop the presses.

A corner player is SUPPOSE to have more offense than a middle infielder. And I won't even go into defense or age

IMO opinion LaHair makes a perfectly suitable hitter in the five hole given his skill set.

Just trade the guy to the Dodgers already and be done with the constant madness on this board about one of your best hitters.

We will appreciate LaHair much more as a Dodger :D

Yes but can he hit LH pitching?

I 100% agree.. Many people on this message board value every other teams players more than our own. In example:
Garza has not pitched to a low ERA this season, yet. So because his ERA is over 4.00, his value is not that great.
Pitcher X on X team has pitched to an ERA of 3.20 this season and so he is "improving" and has finally had it click in his head just how to pitch, therefore his value is high...

Now switch the two to the others team

Pitcher X on the Cubs has pitched to an ERA of 3.20 this season, but he has never pitched this well before and other teams know this. He is pitching above his head. His value is low.

Garza, now on team X has pitched to an ERA over 4.00, However, he is a much better pitcher than his ERA suggests, he's won at the highest level of the game and has proven himself in the AL east. So his value is high.

This is the argument that is used on this board all the time to gauge value and these same posters take every negative they can to work against the value of players on their own team. They take all the positives into the equation when talking about other teams players. It's quite pathetic really.

It's the other way around ---Cubs FANS value Garza and Castro too much.

I'm not super concerned if LaHair can hit left handed pitching or not. As a five hole hitter, not having him in line up against lefties isn't devastating. It is devastating to have a guy batting three or four that can't hit lefties though.

My point was that even while LaHair has been struggling, he hasn't been outright terrible like the picture some on this board keep trying paint.

I'd just move him down to 6th or 7th against LHP.

risp vs left hander ,SO with 2 on and no out pfft

No, I really wasn't.

That is simply not true.

Do you just attack anyone ?

Hows the adjustment going?

Hard to say with only 24 at bats in July. Guy needs to play way more. The lack of playing time has clearly hurt him.