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Can Dean Kremer make the club this year?

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jrobb21613 Major Leaguer

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6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I don’t think either has much chance at all.   

You’re probably right, but if Tate has a dominate spring and looks ready why wouldn’t he get the job? Is he really better served in Norfolk? Does his service clock come into play or should it?

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1 minute ago, jrobb21613 said:

You’re probably right, but if Tate has a dominate spring and looks ready why wouldn’t he get the job? Is he really better served in Norfolk? Does his service clock come into play or should it?

I think he's a marginal big leaguer.  I think he'll spend time in the minors this year even if he makes the team out of spring training.

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2 minutes ago, jrobb21613 said:

You’re probably right, but if Tate has a dominate spring and looks ready why wouldn’t he get the job? Is he really better served in Norfolk? Does his service clock come into play or should it?

Rogers would seem more likely to get the nod than Tate, IMO. Of course, this new leadership may view people much different than the old guys. It will be interesting to watch that stuff shake out. Good for some. Bad for many.

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I don't think we will be playing service time games with anyone in our system right now.

I think guys will be promoted when it's felt they have nothing left to prove or learn at a minor league level and are evaluated by TPTB as being ready for the majors.

And knowing that we have a new type of powers that be, relying heavily on analytics, I'm not sure we (or I at least) fully understand what those evaluations will entail.

I think it will be very interesting to watch.   I don't think guys will be promoted just because someone at the major league level is stinking up the joint at their position.   At least not this year.  

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1 minute ago, now said:

Agree on the bad news... but 2 more weeks puts him back in action at beginning of March, right?

Theoretically. But as Legend of Joey said, obliques are very tricky injuries.  And I tend to think (and hope) they'll play it extremely safe with Kremer and wait til he's beyond 100% healthy to let him throw.  Hope I'm wrong and it's a small strain that really only does take two weeks to heal.  But that time table seems extremely optimistic to me.

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1 hour ago, now said:

Agree on the bad news... but 2 more weeks puts him back in action at beginning of March, right?

 

1 hour ago, joelala said:

Theoretically. But as Legend of Joey said, obliques are very tricky injuries.  And I tend to think (and hope) they'll play it extremely safe with Kremer and wait til he's beyond 100% healthy to let him throw.  Hope I'm wrong and it's a small strain that really only does take two weeks to heal.  But that time table seems extremely optimistic to me.

Right around the beginning of March, which is when Minor League camp starts. He will probably be an early option to the camp then and brought along slowly. 4 weeks of not throwing, especially now, can be bad if rushed.

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59 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

 

Right around the beginning of March, which is when Minor League camp starts. He will probably be an early option to the camp then and brought along slowly. 4 weeks of not throwing, especially now, can be bad if rushed.

Yeah, they said 2 weeks already and 2 more to go, so likely he'll start slowly and progress gradually from that point, not full on. Maybe good to go by end of April?

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5 minutes ago, weams said:

Maybe not. 

Depends what happens in 2 weeks. He could be healed and work slowly. He could rush it and aggravate it. He could cause more damage.

But if it is minor (not what Wilkerson had at the end of the season) and it has healed up after 4 weeks (start of March,) that gives him a month and a half to get into MiLB shape, the same timeframe as anyone reporting just to MiLB camp.

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2 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Depends what happens in 2 weeks. He could be healed and work slowly. He could rush it and aggravate it. He could cause more damage.

But if it is minor (not what Wilkerson had at the end of the season) and it has healed up after 4 weeks (start of March,) that gives him a month and a half to get into MiLB shape, the same timeframe as anyone reporting just to MiLB camp.

I hate oblique with pitchers. Especially ones that rely on the K. 

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