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Bradish went 3 strong innings at Bowie and starts at Norfolk tomorrow. He actually seems closer to coming back than Means. Wells sounds like he’ll be back as soon as his IL stint is up. With the current talk of the bullpen implosion let’s look at some possibilities.
1. All 3 come back.
Rotation - Burnes/GRod/Bradish/Kremer/Means
Bullpen - Kimbrel/Cano/Coulombe/Wells/Suarez/Akin/????/Irvin
2. Bradish and Wells come back. Means needs more time.
Rotation - Burnes/GRod/Bradish/Kremer/Wells
Bullpen - Kimbrel/Cano/Coulombe/Suarez/Akin/????/????/Irvin
Tate and Akin, I believe, each has an option remaining and can be sent down. Webb, Baumann, and Ramirez do not. This puts Tate and Akin at risk unless they are clearly better bullpen options than the others. Aiken’s advantage is being lefty. Baumann and Ramirez are “stuff” guys. The feeling might be that they have more upside than Webb, Akin, and Tate.
How do you see this playing out?
The other prospects who have been in the minors longer are watching. They know they were bypassed for the phenom. I like to think Norby or Mayo might be ready for a chance. This is the best scenario for the team. Holliday will come up later in the season and be fine. We get the extra year and Elias can always point to this when people suggest he is keeping a prospect down too long. Could not have turned out better!
The answer:
Edgar Martinez 11
Ichiro Suzuki 10
Ken Griffey, Jr. 7
Jamie Moyer 5
Alex Rodriguez 4
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Only in Immaculate Grid would Jamie Moyer be an answer to this question.