When you do these predictions, it's so easy to think in black and white. Gonzalez will either be "shot" or "back to his old self". I guess I never really considered the possibility that he would be ok. Not good, not awful, but just ok. AGon has a .706 OPS, which is clearly not good enough from first base. But is it enough to cut him? He's been much better than he looked in spring training, and has had some bad luck. Even yesterday they made a nice catch on his ball into the gap. .706 is about 50 points better than Dom Smith was last year. And Dom has been good, not great, at AAA. If I had to guess, I'd bet they both stay where they are for the time being. The wild card here is Alonso, who is tearing up AA. Leading the league in everything. Homered for the fourth straight game yesterday. If he keeps this up, you have to move him up, but with Smith blocking him, there's really no where to send him. Maybe you give him a 3B glove?