even while we had better defensive SSs available. It would be interesting if Castro has changed that. Here’s Hendry’s thoughts on our in-house MIF:

I’m very happy with Ryan. Theriot’s a winning-type player. He didn’t play quite as well late when we were out of it as he did the previous year, but he gives you 110 (percent) every day. You win a lot of baseball games with him. I thought Baker did a really good job after we got him. He gives you a lot of protection. He plays well at second. I think Mike Fontenot was a guy, he’d be the first to tell you, that he had a disappointing year. We certainly need him to bounce back. We’ve got (Andres) Blanco, who’s a great defender. It’s no secret that (Aaron) Miles had just a tremendous hiccup and a poor year after two really good years at St. Louis.