Hudson2 (04-26-2015)
Mark Bowman
@mlbbowman
Fredi indicated he's going back to his initial plan to utilize Jace Peterson as his primary second baseman.
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Thank the Lord.
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Dalyn (04-26-2015)
Bethancourt had a .308 OBP in AAA and .274 in the majors last year. To me this indicated he needed more time in the minors. All we're doing right now is burning service time for a player who could be valuable down the line. And we're burning service time in a season the front office decided to punt. For similar reasons I hope we don't call up Peraza, Wisler or any of our more valuable prospects.
Last edited by nsacpi; 04-26-2015 at 10:26 AM.
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At this point I think you have to think his absolute ceiling as a hitter is JP Arencibia. I get that he's got some skills defensively, but I don't see how that separates him from say a guy like Henry Blanco. Blanco of course was almost exclusively a back up catcher. I would get upset at Fredi for not playing Bethancourt, but it's really difficult for me to care. I just don't have much confidence that kid is ever going to hit.
thank you weso1!
It's a tough call on Bethancourt, but I'd prefer we don't burn his last option year. He came into the year w/ 72 service days, so we'd need to keep him down for 2-3 months in order to impact his service clock. I think it's unlikely that Pierzynski can stay healthy and effective that long, so not worth the gamble since it costs you his last option.
What are we saving his last option for. By next season he'll be better and hopefully we'll have a slightly more competitive team.