02-09-2022, 03:49 PM
I see some 3T tendencies being squeezed out while some 1T tendencies (solutions?) are getting try-outs.
So you have this kid in the minors and at age 20 in AA ball he has this record
BA .318 HR 22 RBI 87 BB 60
and the fellow playing out the string at age 34 is doing this
BA .252 HR 16 RBI 61 BB 42
OK, the fellow in AA ball has yet to prove himself in the majors... but he is good enough to play regularly in the majors now and is likely to develop some (he is five years away from his peak years). OK, how else are you going to find out? All major-league players are in decline by age 34, and a .252 hitter is on the way to be unable to hold onto a major-league job.
I'm going to work the kid into the majors if I can. The older guy might be trade bait if some other team needs a platoon player to fill in (he might be hitting .280 against lefties with above-average power) or someone is desperate to fill in for someone who gets injured. If the kid hits like this
BA .273 HR 20 RBI 79 BB 47
he is better than what you already have, and the kid has potential to be a star. Maybe he can get some seasoning -- in the majors. He might be a .300 hitter with 35 HR in due course.
Older players with mediocre results get squeezed out of regular roles in the majors all the time if they are not given unconditional releases. We're going to see some bad habits that have gotten stale face increasing disparagement and deprecation and we are going to seek virtues.
So you have this kid in the minors and at age 20 in AA ball he has this record
BA .318 HR 22 RBI 87 BB 60
and the fellow playing out the string at age 34 is doing this
BA .252 HR 16 RBI 61 BB 42
OK, the fellow in AA ball has yet to prove himself in the majors... but he is good enough to play regularly in the majors now and is likely to develop some (he is five years away from his peak years). OK, how else are you going to find out? All major-league players are in decline by age 34, and a .252 hitter is on the way to be unable to hold onto a major-league job.
I'm going to work the kid into the majors if I can. The older guy might be trade bait if some other team needs a platoon player to fill in (he might be hitting .280 against lefties with above-average power) or someone is desperate to fill in for someone who gets injured. If the kid hits like this
BA .273 HR 20 RBI 79 BB 47
he is better than what you already have, and the kid has potential to be a star. Maybe he can get some seasoning -- in the majors. He might be a .300 hitter with 35 HR in due course.
Older players with mediocre results get squeezed out of regular roles in the majors all the time if they are not given unconditional releases. We're going to see some bad habits that have gotten stale face increasing disparagement and deprecation and we are going to seek virtues.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.