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  1. Joe A. Preusser
    Why on earth are we taking a punter in the 5th round. There are value corners, ILBs, etc still available.
  2. Joe A. Preusser
    Not the lasered 3 run shot by Arcia off Joe Nathan? Really?
  3. Joe A. Preusser
    Yeah, I guess there's nothing wrong with letting Escobar start for even a couple years and then be relegated to bench duty once we have our long term solution in place. He might not like it, however.
  4. Joe A. Preusser
    Agreed. Those 1-runners are OUR games.
  5. Joe A. Preusser
    I think a better way to look at Hicks is to completely throw out the first part of the season, say, until he was moved down in the order. This I think would give us a more accurate picture of what type of hitter he will be.
  6. Joe A. Preusser
    With his + glove at several positions, shouldn't we be looking at Escobar as the long term replacement for Jaime Carroll?
  7. Joe A. Preusser
    I didn't say Buxton should be thrown into the majors. Arcia, Hicks, and Gibson are more or less major league ready, so why not let them develop against the high calibur competition they will be facing eventually anyway? The more I think about it, the less important service time becomes for me.
  8. Joe A. Preusser
    A potentially valid arguement, but I would say the more major league experience we get these kids the better. You don't get called up to the show and all of the sudden start performing like an All-Star. It takes time and experience at that level to hit your potential. That's one of the reasons I'm so glad Arcia is getting time up in the bigs right now, why I'm not sorry Hicks is struggling, and why I can't wait for Gibson. They will all be better for it come 2015.
  9. Joe A. Preusser
    You're trying to pin me down on a timeline, I get that. I wasn't making a statement about the midseason timeline or whether Buxton specifically should be called up to AA this year. I was responding in general to the belief that we need to baby these kids along. However, if it were me I would give Buxton a long look (3+ months) in AA before the year was out. Whether that means he skips high A entirely I don't know, but we will get a more accurate picture of current ability the stronger the competition he faces.
  10. Joe A. Preusser
    And I agree with this as well. I did preface my original comment with "assuming he continues to hit..." By all means, be sure he's actually at that performance level before making decisions based on it.
  11. Joe A. Preusser
    Well, yes, I do think they should be more aggressive, but I really only meant there is no need to handle him with kid gloves. If he hits this well in low A, then he should go to high A. If he continues to rake at high A, then send him to NB. Maybe I'm overreacting to the Hicks situation, but I got tired to hearing how damaging his recent experience will be for him long term. There's nothing wrong with letting these prospects be (slightly) overmatched for a while. Let Buxton play against tougher competition, get knocked around a bit, open up some holes in his swing, etc. I know confidence is important, but unearned confidence is potentially even more damaging. You get better by pushing yourself against stronger competition, not by blowing out the JV team.
  12. Joe A. Preusser
    [quote name= (Also, does Buxton have an official nickname yet? Hopefully not "Buxie"?)[/quote] Please not Buxie. How about Bux?
  13. Joe A. Preusser
    I could not agree more.
  14. Joe A. Preusser
    I think a developing player needs to struggle a little bit to become a true major leaguer. You can't become a leader in your field without first growing into that position. And you can't grow without adversity.
  15. Joe A. Preusser
    It's still early, but assuming he continues to dominate, is there any value whatsoever in letting a kid continue to destroy a level? I mean, I can go 16-0 and have Christian Ponder throw for 7000 yards on the easiest setting of Maddon, but is that really making me a better Maddon player? The Org needs to continue to challenge these kids.
  16. Joe A. Preusser
    I agree. Until we get a stretch of "normal" weather let's just continue to be (im)patient.
  17. Joe A. Preusser
    I have had the feeling since day 1 that Gardy has either evolved his managing, or been told to evolve his managing. I was never on the "Fire Gardy" bandwagon, far from it. But even I can see he is much better this year.
  18. Joe A. Preusser
    The kid bumped up to the 3 hole after his first dinger. Make it rain, son.
  19. Joe A. Preusser
    I would take Meyer AND May each winning more MLB games than Greinke over the course of Greinke's contract. Maybe Gibson too. I rate Greinke as the most overpayed and overrated player in the majors for the next 6 years unless/until he somehow finds a way to prove me wrong.
  20. Joe A. Preusser
    Nice article, interesting correlation. I have to say, I am shocked that the best QS% of any team was just 60%. I would have thought it be closer to 80%, but apparently I have not been paying close enough attention.
  21. Joe A. Preusser
    Kyle Gibson
  22. Joe A. Preusser
    I couldn't agree more. Robertson's role is to get THAT strikeout in THAT situation. He won an amazing battle only the day before in the exact same situation, but now that he failed Gardy is suddenly throwing games? Come on, that's a stretch even for conspiracy theorists. Nothing wrong with asking Perk to get 5 outs, but why would you do that when the guy on the roster to pitch in that exact situation is available?
  23. Joe A. Preusser
    Verlander, Strasburg, Darwish, Josh Johnson, Lohse, Wainright. I know I'm late, but you could handicap me the starts I've missed so far?
  24. Joe A. Preusser
    This will be an unpopular position, but I think he should never have been allowed to pitch into the ninth. Perfect games are amazing feats to see, but is this guy's season or career worth it when his arm is tuned up for about 80-90 pitches tops? As for pulling him with one out left, the ONLY reason he was in there was to get that perfect game. When that was lost why on earth would any manager push his arm even further past it's limits?
  25. Joe A. Preusser
    Thank you. This article really made me smile.
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