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« on: April 08, 2012, 01:33:30 PM » |
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Who goes down? Bixler? Or one of the extra pitchers, even before the Braves series? I suspect the latter. Probably a lefty. Since WW is out of options, it may be Abad.
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« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 01:38:45 PM » |
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Since WW is out of options, it may be Abad.
I've got to think they didn't like what they saw out of Abad the other night. |
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juliogotay
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« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 01:49:49 PM » |
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anybody know anything about Maxwell?
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 01:52:34 PM » |
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I've got to think they didn't like what they saw out of Abad the other night.
Tulo torched him. But then again, Tulo touched WW for a triple. Neither one of them would have faced Tulo had the situation been any different than it was. Abad faced him because we were losing by a run late. WW faced him because we were winning. Neither of them looked very good to me. |
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 02:54:05 PM » |
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anybody know anything about Maxwell?
6' 5", 28 yrs. old. Plays all OF positions. Has played alot of CF. RH. Has power, 16 HRs in AAA last yr. with only 150 or so ABs. Had a good Spring in Yankee camp. 4.0 GPA in High School. Chose U of Maryland over Harvard. Makes 39th player on 40man roster. |
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 04:27:21 PM » |
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6' 5", 28 yrs. old. Plays all OF positions. Has played alot of CF. RH. Has power, 16 HRs in AAA last yr. with only 150 or so ABs. Had a good Spring in Yankee camp. 4.0 GPA in High School. Chose U of Maryland over Harvard. Makes 39th player on 40man roster.
The BIG thing is that he's a right-handed hitter on a bench dominated by lefties (NTTAWWT). |
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« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2012, 08:23:48 PM » |
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The BIG thing is that he's a right-handed hitter on a bench dominated by lefties (NTTAWWT).
?? There's only one lefty on the bench. |
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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2012, 09:02:44 PM » |
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?? There's only one lefty on the bench.
My bad. I meant Shuck (who is in the minors), who would otherwise had been the fifth outfielder. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2012, 11:23:56 PM » |
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My bad. I meant Shuck (who is in the minors), who would otherwise had been the fifth outfielder.
He's a RH bat with pop who can play all 3 OF positions (so it seems). Which makes him unique on the Astros roster at present. I'm guessing he may platoon some with Schafer and/or Bogusevic. Maxwell, 28, spent his entire 2011 season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the Yankees system, hitting .260 with 16 home runs and 35 RBIs. He appeared in 27 games for the Yankees this spring, hitting .310 with 11 RBIs before being designated for assignment on Wednesday.
"Just looking at what he did last year in limited playing time in Triple-A -- 16 homers in 48 games -- he's got some speed and can play the outfield, all three positions," general manager Jeff Luhnow said. "We had our scouts look at him this spring and we suspected he might be available, and when he became available it was a pretty easy decision for us." |
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« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2012, 11:04:55 AM » |
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On the whole, I'm very happy to see the team making these kinds of moves.
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« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2012, 11:10:20 AM » |
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On the whole, I'm very happy to see the team making these kinds of moves.
Agreed. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2012, 01:49:56 PM » |
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On the whole, I'm very happy to see the team making these kinds of moves.
I agree. It shows that they're really also paying attention to what can help the team now too instead of just building for the future. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2012, 03:37:32 PM » |
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Who goes down? Bixler? Or one of the extra pitchers, even before the Braves series? I suspect the latter. Probably a lefty. Since WW is out of options, it may be Abad.
Abad has been optioned to OkC per McTaggart tweet. |
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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2012, 03:43:25 PM » |
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Abad has been optioned to OkC per McTaggart tweet.
And there was much rejoicing. (Yay!) This is consistent with Mills' statement that 13 pitchers was not a long-term proposition. |
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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2012, 04:01:18 PM » |
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so now an even dozen.how does that stack up against other teams
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« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2012, 07:32:21 PM » |
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This is consistent with Mills' statement that 13 pitchers was not a long-term proposition.
Abad pitched? |
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« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2012, 07:50:37 PM » |
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Abad pitched?
Long enough to give up a dinger to Tulowitzki. |
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« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2012, 08:20:40 PM » |
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Long enough to give up a dinger to Tulowitzki.
"Dinger" is a bit of an understatement. |
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« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2012, 08:48:02 PM » |
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"Dinger" is a bit of an understatement.
And it didn't take long. |
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« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2012, 01:34:59 PM » |
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I think he introduced him self to the masses very nicely last night.
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