This past Saturday, Tyler Austin had the first two-homer game of his young career. The following game, he found himself riding the pine while Neil Walker filled in at first base. Without context, this seems like a perplexing decision by Aaron Boone. Why reward a multi-dinger performance with a benching? Given the proper context, however, and Boone's decision makes more sense. Walker is a known commodity, and they tend to find their way into starting lineups over less reliable options.
Still, Austin does have some compelling allure. There's his former top prospect status, for one.