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darthvader87
I think June is a reasonable time to bring him up.
bjsguess
Normally I would say to keep Smoak in AAA until May/June. However, I am not sold on Davis. Think he will end up being a replacement level type player. HR’s are nice but not getting on base sucks.
It’s a really tough call though. I just have a hard time quantifying what material difference Smoak will make over Davis for the next 1.5 months.
championsblog
Selling Wieters a little short here. “A mere .263/.308/.369 line in the first 70 games of his career?” He came up and from day 1 was an average major league catcher. That’s undeniably crazy.
Luke Adams
Given the type of numbers expected of Wieters even in 2009, I don’t think it’s unfair to say that taking a .677 OPS into September was a low-end projection for him.
Yankee_Baal
Davis is still a developing player. I particularly would like to see if he picks up on his development. The fact that he has low OBP so far on his career means nothing, he is just 24 and on his first complete MLB season (hopefully). Look at this year’s Francoeur to see how much a young player can change if he applies himself. Same thing defensively, he has plenty room of improvement from that slightly negative UZR and the correct body type to be an average defender for years to come. He is actually not that bad for a player on his fourth pro-season. Hopefully, if the Rangers give up on him, maybe the Rays will pick him up and give him a complete turnaround, Pena-style.
ELPinchy
Its funny that you think Francoeur revamped himself but that Pena was the result of the organization. It seems like contradictory assumptions unless you provide more than anecdotal evidence to support each case. Can you do so?