Let the youngsters run wild

[Vlad27Trout27]

It's time to bring up the youth movement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DFA Valbuena

Cozart to the DL and give him the Calhoun treatment 

Bring up Ward and give him 3rd base

Start Fletcher as our starting SS until Simnmon's return

JMF at 1st

Bring-up either Bridwell or Lamb, and make one  our long reliver/ spot starters

SS Fletcher

1B JMF

CF Trout

LF Upton

DH Pujols ??? 

2B Kinsler

3B Ward

Rf Eyr/ Revere

C Maldo 

 

 

 

[floplag]

While youre at it you might as well trade Trout, hes as good as gone if you do. 

[GrittyVeterans]

Bridwell is complete trash. Has an 8.68 ERA in AAA. Bringing him up will be the same result as Oliver Drake

[Vlad27Trout27]

Ya trout isn't going to get traded any time soon.

3 minutes ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Bridwell is complete trash. Has an 8.68 ERA in AAA. Bringing him up will be the same result as Oliver Drake

It probably won't hurt to see what he can do out of the BP at this point. Who knows is stuff may play better out of the BP. Even Wade Davis was terrible as a starter!

[Second Base]

Thaiss should probably be promoted too.

[Vlad27Trout27]

26 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Thaiss should probably be promoted too.

It's him or JMF, I wouldn't be surprise if Thasis come up ariund the all-start break. Unfortunately Pujols is on this team.

[Billy_Ball]

57 minutes ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

Ya trout isn't going to get traded any time soon.

It probably won't hurt to see what he can do out of the BP at this point. Who knows is stuff may play better out of the BP. Even Wade Davis was terrible as a starter!

Yup.  Before he got hurt again, I would have considered moving Richards to the pen too.

[BackUpTheTruck]

1 hour ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

It's time to bring up the youth movement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DFA Valbuena

Cozart to the DL and give him the Calhoun treatment 

Bring up Ward and give him 3rd base

Start Fletcher as our starting SS until Simnmon's return

JMF at 1st

Bring-up either Bridwell or Lamb, and make one  our long reliver/ spot starters

SS Fletcher

1B JMF

CF Trout

LF Upton

DH Pujols ??? 

2B Kinsler

3B Ward

Rf Eyr/ Revere

C Maldo 

 

 

 

Love it. Don't forget about Thaiss.  I think EYJ and Ben Revere are good ballplayers.  

[Troll Daddy]

Let’s not 

[Griffey's Corner]

15 minutes ago, BackUpTheTruck said:

Love it. Don't forget about Thaiss.  I think EYJ and Ben Revere are good ballplayers.  

 

1 hour ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

It's time to bring up the youth movement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DFA Valbuena

Cozart to the DL and give him the Calhoun treatment 

Bring up Ward and give him 3rd base

Start Fletcher as our starting SS until Simnmon's return

JMF at 1st

Bring-up either Bridwell or Lamb, and make one  our long reliver/ spot starters

SS Fletcher

1B JMF

CF Trout

LF Upton

DH Pujols ??? 

2B Kinsler

3B Ward

Rf Eyr/ Revere

C Maldo 

 

 

 

I like it!

[Vlad27Trout27]

I haven't forgotten about Thasis, It's just that Pujol's isn't going anywhere and the decision comes down to Thasis or JMF. I would say it's a personal decision on who to choose. for me i would go with JMF because of his versatility and  his ability to work counts and take walks. Than again Thasis can probably represent the same value in his bat, its a tough decision...   

[UndertheHalo]

My concern with JMF is that apparently he is terrible hitting  lefties. 

 

Edited June 14, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[Vlad27Trout27]

Reasons why i believe that Bridwell may be an good option in the Bp are;

 1. His fastball, Cutter/ Slider and plus change-up will work better in a Bp role

2. His ability to get fast outs

3. He won't have to worry about going 5-6 inning, imply he can go 120% from the first pitch.

His Fb/ Cutter velocity last year was 90-94, with an average of 92. I've seen him hit 95 a few times, change-up is a plus pitch with ab average velocity of  85.

Now if he moves into an 1 or 2 inning role, he should be able to maintain the mid 90s FB velo, making his change that much better. He been reported to hit as high as 97