Nady or Diaz

I view the Diaz-Nady battle for right field to be the best story coming out of spring training, although the 4-5 rotation shuffle maybe just as important. I just have a gut feeling that Zambrano will get the 4 spot and Heilman will end up with the 5th. Now to something that will really be a treat to follow throughout spring training, Diaz or Nady some stats: Diaz Nady Age 24 27 When drafted 2000, L.A., 37th round 2000, S.D., 2nd round 2005 batting average .257 .261 Versus lefties .259 (14-for-54) .323 (40-for-124) Versus righties .257 (58-for-226) .223 (45-for-202) Home runs 12 13 RBIs 38 43 Strikeouts 82 67 Walks 30 22 Adam Rubin of the daily news feels that Nady will win the job mainly because he was traded for Mike Camron, We have endured much of this painful evidence to backup his claim from last season, (Zambrano, Matsui, Ishii). I don’t know if its pressure from the front office or just Willie’s stance of sticking with his guys, but all I know is that if Willie had played the best player or even given guys a shot early in the year (Seo, Heilman,) it could have resulted in more wins. On the side of Diaz, he won the Winter League MVP, he is loved by all of his teammates, he even got a call from Mike Camron wishing him luck on winning his old spot on the field. Although he was traded to us, I like to see guys come out of our farm system and do well. I think our bootleg Manny Ramirez would be very serviceable to our squad if given the chance. Nady takes on the roll of the underdog right now, he arrived to camp in a new place, not knowing many people, knowing he is going to do battle with a clubhouse favorite. Knowing that many of his new teammates will be hoping that he fails. Willie says that he will play the guy who performs, which I hope is what he actually does. Nady a high draft choice still filled with potential has the ability to go blow for blow with Diaz. I am looking forward to seeing how this situation progresses throughout spring training, I have a gut feeling that their will end up being a platoon, Nady will get more at-bats, based on the facts that he is more versatile, playing all outfield spots 1st Base & 3rd Base. I want to know who you guys want to play the majority of Right Field???