That said, I'd argue the "quality" AAA depth they brought in was really more quantity. Cave was a decent pick-up, retaining Vargas was an OK depth move at the time, and Carter is a low-risk move that could help should something happen to Mauer and/or Morrison. The rest though? AAA depth is great, but wouldn't you want that depth to be able to contribute something should the situation arise? Honestly, Petit, Featherston, Wilson, and Aybar aren't guys that could do that. It gives Rochester a handful of former MLBers to promote, but are they capable of doing anything at the MLB level? The same could be said for LaMarre (Mr. Great Story). He's acceptable in the field, but his bat is pretty atrocious. The problem isn't that these kinds of guys are around, it's that they're so prevalent and the next line of defense when starters go down. If the injury call-ups are going to be bad, I'd rather watch a young guy be bad than an older one with no future.