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But he almost traded a $200 bowling ball for a Eddie Murray auto, so he’s a super fan!

Lawlar over Cowser. Meyer is going to give Kjerstad a run for the money. Os did better than most every year though..no question.

I wish I didn’t have to get up at 5 AM to go to work tomorrow.

30 at bats.

New CBA rules

It’s 30 at bats Tony.

Like I said a few weeks ago, I was told that the Os FO views Holliday as the most advanced player in the org (at that age)..far beyond where Gunnar was. That combined with his performance is why he was moved quickly. Development isn’t linear. Not everyone needs to be developed in the same manner. Some guys are just too good for their level.

When you say that, are you talking about people in general or athletes? I don’t think you can compare baseball players to other jobs. It’s all mental. If they aren’t mentally strong, they stent making it.

But how does it damage or delay things? What’s the time period for that? Let’s say by Sunday, Holliday is 3-45 and they send him down. He was up here for what, 2 weeks at that point? Was he delayed? Did that hurt his development? Did Cowser’s development get hurt or damaged last year? Did GRod get damaged? Thats the thing. To me, using words like that sound to me that they are career altering. For me, if that occurs, the player wasn’t going to be mentally tough to handle adversity no matter what his development was..that’s a big reason why I don’t believe in “rushed”.

He wasn’t rushed because the org and everyone who saw him felt he was ready. He’s mature, he’s confident and has dominated the minors. So, unless you want to ignore all of that, I don’t see any logical argument that he was rushed.

When people say a player was rushed, it usually means the player has no chance to compete, is in over their heads, confident shot to hell and may not recover. What you are saying isn’t that. You are saying they could use more seasoning iyo. Again, this may be semantics but rushed is usually a negative connotation that comes with ruining a players career. So no, I don’t think that exists unless it’s an example like I said.,going from HS to the majors or something over the top like that..which doesn’t happen.

Did you think Cowser was rushed last year? An advanced 23 y/o college bat with 850ish MiL at bats (at the time of the call up) and a career 900ish OPS in the minors. Was that a player who was rushed?

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No it doesn’t. Needing additional development and being rushed are 2 different things. And btw, that additional development could happen at this level.