Bour has 19 HR and 54 RBI and a .759 OPS and provides an instant upgrade to the bench. His stats are very similar to those of Carlos Santana, whose line is 17 HR, 64 RBI and .758. Bour wore number 41 with the Marlins, the same number Santana has for the Phils. Weird.
So the bench is now Bour, Kingery, Andrew Knapp, and Roman Quinn. If injured catcher Wilson Ramos is healthy before Sept. 1, chances are Knapp gets sent to the minors until rosters expand. Not sure where JP Crawford fits in once he returns from injury, but Quinn has produced and deserves a chance to stay with the big club.
A quick look on the Twitter shows fans of the second-place Braves are not happy. Bour has 13 homers in 54 games against the Braves with an OPS of 1.023. Another reason for the Bour deal? The NL gets to use the DH in the World Series.
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