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26 minutes ago, thezeroes said:

I should have added that disclaimer of "The Orioles".  It was my fault for thinking that that was understood.  By now correcting my error that you did not understand, who have the Orioles kept long term that was a positional player and bounced back and forth to the Minors???

I'll give you three.  Brian Roberts, Bobby Grich, and Brady Anderson.    

Buck and Dan have not done it for good reason.  The position players that turned into regular for O's in the last five year have not had competition at the major league level that blocked them.  Manny nor Schoop.  Before that neither Adam nor Wieters had that kind of compitiion on team.   But Mullins and Mancini do.  Its a different situation.   The O's outfield has a lot of internal competition right now.   But if there with a  need for Mullins or Mancini to go back and forth between the majors and AAA there is no reason it can't happen without hurting their careers.

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47 minutes ago, wildcard said:

You said: "The history for players to get called up in position spots usually do not get returned willy-nilly as they are more in need of being consistently used at a young age and have trouble adjusting from a full-time roll to an occasional part time role."

I don't know about the willy-nilly part but Davis bounced between AAA and the majors for 3 years - yes, years.   And he turned out to be a keeper.  So I can't agree that position players can't go back and forth to AAA when needed.  And no it does not turn them into Reimold until they get hurt or continually  under perform when given a chance.   I see no reason to think the Mullins will turn into Reimold. To begin with he seems to be a good defensive player and baserunner which will earn him time in the majors.  I think Mancini could see more time in AAA and not ruin his career if that is the beat thing for the team.

I tend to agree that Dickerson may be a better choice.  But I would not be surprised to see Mullins promoted for 5 days and then returned to AA.

So, It won't be Mullins. Now are you on the Dickerson Train? I am. Adam Is. 

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't your observation about how some of these hitters (like Davis) used up their options support my argument that Mullins should not be called up now?

No.  First, Mullins is hurt.   Second, Its really about who is the best option for the team at the time.  3)  The Davis situation was a response to thezeros comment that position players must stay in the majors when they are called up which I showed is not true.  Mullins call up, if it ever happens.  Has nothing to do with Davis or being out of options.  It would have to do with him being the best option for the team at the time.

I am guessing that the major reason Buck talked about Mullins being injured is that reporters were asking him if Mullins was going to be called up.

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