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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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Well, I am a Reimold fan, too, but I think the prudent thing is to start him in Niegolk and see how he does, then bring him up when someone on the roster gets hurt or falters badly -- if he's showing he's better than Urrutia and Alvarez.

I never said it wasn't the prudent move to make. I said as much when I agreed with Weams earlier today.

What I do think is that Reimold would outproduce Young.

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Let's say that Reimold is back and capable of being a contributor. Fun fact. Nolan Reimold has 5 years and 4 days of service time in the majors. If he were to start the year on the 25 man roster and prove himself to be a potential regular for next year, he would qualify for free agency in 2016. Reimold needs to start in the minors to 1) prove himself and 2) keep him from being a FA if he does prove himself.

That is a fun fact.

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Reimold has definitely provided an amazing amount of discussion fodder on the board for an amazing number of years. But clearly, Reimold does not equal young. Young without a capital letter, that is. Reimold is 31 years old. Nolan has only played more than 100 games once in his career and over 80 only twice. He's a great "what if" player to discuss, but impossible to project...and using his age in the projection is not flattering to Reimold. Unless of course, he's a young 31. :wedge: Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be the airport holiday inn all week.

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Reimold has definitely provided an amazing amount of discussion fodder on the board for an amazing number of years. But clearly, Reimold does not equal young. Young without a capital letter, that is. Reimold is 31 years old. Nolan has only played more than 100 games once in his career and over 80 only twice. He's a great "what if" player to discuss, but impossible to project...and using his age in the projection is not flattering to Reimold. Unless of course, he's a young 31. :wedge: Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be the airport holiday inn all week.

Thank goodness no one is suggesting he be penciled in as the everyday right fielder.

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That's an incredible amount of service time for a guy who has played in 315 major league games. He's only been on the field about 40% of the time.

I wonder how many days Reimold has been on the ML disabled list. Those count toward service time, don't they?

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I wonder how many days Reimold has been on the ML disabled list. Those count toward service time, don't they?

Yes, and the answer is, "a lot."

I don't know exactly, but he was on the DL about 150 days in 2012, maybe 100 days in 2013, and I'd guess 75 days in 2014.

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Well, I am a Reimold fan, too, but I think the prudent thing is to start him in Niegolk and see how he does, then bring him up when someone on the roster gets hurt or falters badly -- if he's showing he's better than Urrutia and Alvarez.

I agree. Why move before you have to and forfeit a piece? We are constantly reminded that expecting health from machado, wieters and Davis is foolish. We need all of the depth we can get.

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