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5 minutes ago, Enjoy Terror said:

That should’ve been cleared up well before any sort of mea culpa was necessary. They literally just had to ask Adam Jones if he was going to waive his 10/5. The very first thing that should’ve been done. That’s reckless levels of incompetence if they couldn’t get that right.

If the Phillies play Jones everyday he was gone. They didn’t want to use him that way. 

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8 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

After they traded for 2.5M from Atlanta?  

As you see you don't have to actually spend the money to use it.  Not sure what players make in GCL.  But I am sure it is a heck of a lot less than 250k.  Probably can get a whole lot of 24 year olds in Gcl for the whole amount.

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As you see you don't have to actually spend the money to use it.  Not sure what players make in GCL.  But I am sure it is a heck of a lot less than 250k.  Probably can get a whole lot of 24 year olds in Gcl for the whole amount.

I don't think the GCL has a lot of 24 year olds.

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Just now, atomic said:

As you see you don't have to actually spend the money to use it.  Not sure what players make in GCL.  But I am sure it is a heck of a lot less than 250k.  Probably can get a whole lot of 24 year olds in Gcl for the whole amount.

So they dealt for all those slots from the Braves for 24 year olds in the Gulf Coast League? 

You honestly think their plan was to deal for a plethora of Gulf Coast league players?  Are they planning to add another team next year? 

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Maybe Zoellner’s comp is JC Escarra.

Escarra (2017 GCL): .224/.379/.349

Zoellner (2018 GCL): .236/.364/.420

Low BA, high OBP in the GCL.   In Escarra’s case, he took a huge step forward in the NY-Penn League this year.   Of course, Zoellner is playing in the GCL at a year older, and sort of repeating the league.   And, Escarra’s already old for the NY-Penn League and Zoellner would be even older if he played there next year.    

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