04-27-2009, 08:04 AM
<!--quoteo(post=33384:date=Apr 26 2009, 09:22 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Apr 26 2009, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=33224:date=Apr 26 2009, 11:06 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 26 2009, 11:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If that list of players is holding you back, what makes you think you can be a productive MLBer?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It has nothing to do with having those players "holding him back". Guys at AAA are generally there for one of two reasons. Either they have progressed up to that level and/or they are there for depth for the major league team. Every single one of those guys I listed, including Fox, were classifiable under those two reasons. It just so happens that Fox had progressed to that point to play as a 1B and they wanted to get him more instruction in the outfield (I even remember last year hearing he was sent down because there was no space in the outfield for him and he needed reps).
If two of our starting outfielders would have been out with minor injuries at the same time, a guy like Murton, Patterson, Pie, Kroeger, or Torres are there so they can be brought up if the situation arises. Are you going to cut one of those guys so Fox can get outfield reps at AAA ball? No, they're there for a reason. So don't try to feed this bullshit that those players were "holding him back" just to win your argument.
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Dude, they were holding him back. They were given the spots before him. You can slice it however you want, but that's what happened. His ceiling is as a part time DH, that doesn't do him much good being on a NL farm team.
It has nothing to do with having those players "holding him back". Guys at AAA are generally there for one of two reasons. Either they have progressed up to that level and/or they are there for depth for the major league team. Every single one of those guys I listed, including Fox, were classifiable under those two reasons. It just so happens that Fox had progressed to that point to play as a 1B and they wanted to get him more instruction in the outfield (I even remember last year hearing he was sent down because there was no space in the outfield for him and he needed reps).
If two of our starting outfielders would have been out with minor injuries at the same time, a guy like Murton, Patterson, Pie, Kroeger, or Torres are there so they can be brought up if the situation arises. Are you going to cut one of those guys so Fox can get outfield reps at AAA ball? No, they're there for a reason. So don't try to feed this bullshit that those players were "holding him back" just to win your argument.
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Dude, they were holding him back. They were given the spots before him. You can slice it however you want, but that's what happened. His ceiling is as a part time DH, that doesn't do him much good being on a NL farm team.