Five Position Players We Badly Want to See Pitch

Welcome back to Nine Innings, SI’s weekly look at what’s fun, cool, and somewhat stupid around the league. Today’s topics include: the top five position players who should pitch; Brett Gardner throwing a tantrum; two worst plays of the week; and much more.

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And a programming note: There’ll be no Nine Innings next week as I’m taking a quick end-of-summer vacation. I’ll be back on Tues., Sept. 3, with a post-Labor Day edition.

Last Thursday, as the Indians were walloping the Yankees and their lead ballooned to double digits early, I found myself…