04-25-2009, 02:54 PM
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I'm not too concerned. He's 21 and in AA ball after 1 year in the Cubs system. There's going to be an adjustment period.
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Probably. But it reminds me a little of James Russell, who had one year (I think he was a little older at the time) of dominance in the Cubs system in his first year, moved up rapidly to AA, and then hit a wall from which he has not recovered.
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I think kicking the roids cold turkey may have had something to do with Russel's wall.
I'm not too concerned. He's 21 and in AA ball after 1 year in the Cubs system. There's going to be an adjustment period.
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Probably. But it reminds me a little of James Russell, who had one year (I think he was a little older at the time) of dominance in the Cubs system in his first year, moved up rapidly to AA, and then hit a wall from which he has not recovered.
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I think kicking the roids cold turkey may have had something to do with Russel's wall.