Email a copy of 'Poll: Did The Astros Promote George Springer At The Right Time?' to a friend
Loading ...
By charliewilmoth | at
Email a copy of 'Poll: Did The Astros Promote George Springer At The Right Time?' to a friend
MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com
hide arrows scroll to top
BostonMA
He hits worse than Billy Hamilton
tmengd
not even close and to suggest that is silly, what did Billy Hamilton ever do in the minors? Springer almost went 40/40 with a .320 average. Hamilton had a .308 OBP last year at AAA compared to Springers .399 and .600 slugging? Hamiltons steals bases and that is all he will ever do and his defesnse is :/ Springer could be a legit 4 tools guys with amazing defense.
LazerTown
Right time. There was no need to start him opening day, they lose the year of control, and they aren’t competing at all.
Derpy
I haven’t seen to much of him, but from what I have seen has made me feel he could have used that extra month or two in AAA. But maybe he was just nervous.
rouscher
There’s a lot of pressure on him, kid will be a great player, he just needs to relax a little, the media has put a lot of pressure on him because of him being one of the more top prospects coming out of the organization, once singleton, and appel and correa are here it’ll start to simmer down for him and he’ll have Trout-like seasons
KJ4realz
I have hopes for Springer but it’s not even safe to say Mike Trout will have trout-like seasons.
VAR
If they aren’t going to win now, there was no reason top promote him now. Wait till after the summer and you get an entire extra year of control. If he’s really that much of a stud, you’re going to want the extra year. Especially if you’re pinching pennies the way the Astros seem to be.
LazerTown
They already set him back enough to get that extra year of team control, he will simply qualify for arbitration 4 times, instead of the normal 3.
VAR
My bad. Thanks for the correction.
rikersbeard
Controlling your assets is part of fielding a winning team. It just takes into consideration a larger time frame.
Ziggy13
Don’t get the argument saying delaying his promotion is showing you’re not dedicated to winning. If anything, getting that extra year shows that you’re willing to put off immediate gratification in order to be better off down the road
Hills of Glenallen
He’s good, but he’s no Mike Trout. He wasn’t going to turn them into a winner no matter when they called him up. Why play for the now when they might be better down the road when they could use him for that extra year?
Brandon
I think it could be argued that they DID wait (last year) but then instead of calling him up in the last half of the year, they (basically) called him up at the beginning of this one and got an extra year of control out of it. I understand that they could have waited til June to save another arbitration year, but if you feel like he’s maybe already been down a little too long, it’s not worth stretching it out even more just to save his super 2 status at the cost of stunting his growth.
Jeffy25
They should have improved their 7 year offer enough to get him to sign it and have him play the whole season in the majors.
But since he didn’t sign, keep that super 2 away because they aren’t a competitive enough team.
Sorry that it’s soo financially motivated, but that’s the reality of the situation.