To Mountcastle or to not Mountcastle...

[Redskins Rick]

On 8/14/2018 at 10:28 AM, Tony-OH said:

I'll just call you on the mark. Just like when they rushed up Hays last year for no good reason, there is no reason to jump a kid from AA unless there is a specific need. I like what Mountcastle is doing with the bat and he's probably at this point the top prospect in the system, but he still has defensive issues to work on and I'd honestly send him to the AFL vs the big leagues.

The very rare occasion, you get a Manny in your system, you can jump AAA ball, but that doesn't work out too well usually.

In fact, at the time, I thought they Orioles was a bit hasty, but they did have a extreme need at 3rd for somebody that could actually put their glove on the ball and throw across the diamond.