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Crazysilver03 Hangout Grand Counsel

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Matusz is/will be on the 40-man roster, so he's not below AA.

Being on the 40 man roster and where they are in the minors are two different things.

Nolan Reimold will be added to the 40 man roster this September or November so he will technically be on the 40 man roster when he is in the AFL. Hayden Penn was in the AFL last year even though he was on the 40 man roster.

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Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

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It looks like Cleveland has sent their top prospects for 1B and 3B, so Snyder is going to have to fight for playing time. The Indians 1B prospect, Beau Mills, was voted the Carolina League MVP and was selected as the al-star 1B over Snyder. The 3B propsect, Wes Hodges, was at AA this year. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080826&content_id=450525&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

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Elon Os Fan Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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C Wieters - May - Mitchell

1B Mills - Snyder

2B

3B Hodges - Whittleman

SS DeJesus - Davis - McConnell - Rodriguez

LF Tracy - Reimold - Dickerson - Lambo

CF Borbon

RF McFall - Hoffman - Head

Noticing that Surprise Rafters has no 2B prospect.

Do they use a DH in this league?

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tywright Perennial All-Star

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I find Wieters inclusion a bit interesting, as I was under the impression he was winding down his first year in the organization,and would be shut down like most other minor leaguers at the end of their season. Curious.

He gets a chance to work with Gary Allenson (AAA manager)

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No way should they be sending Wieters...They complain that he has caught more now than ever before and then they send him to Arizona, a league that is about the same level of competition he has already played in and dominated?
I don't think the "he has caught more now than ever before" argument was a legit argument for not bringing him up to Baltimore. It was just some BS excuse given because they can't say "we're keeping him down for financial reasons" which is very obviously the case.

And the AFL is a higher league than AA, so it'll be good to see him against that competition, although I still expect him to dominate.

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I don't think the "he has caught more now than ever before" argument was a legit argument for not bringing him up to Baltimore. It was just some BS excuse given because they can't say "we're keeping him down for financial reasons" which is very obviously the case.

And the AFL is a higher league than AA, so it'll be good to see him against that competition, although I still expect him to dominate.

Yes, its better but it is also a hitters league.

He will dominate there too.

Not really him for him to gain by sending him there, especially with what should be his first ML season this coming year, which is a longer season obviously.

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Mackus Hangout Grand Counsel

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Yes, its better but it is also a hitters league.

He will dominate there too.

Not really him for him to gain by sending him there, especially with what should be his first ML season this coming year, which is a longer season obviously.

True, the only benefit is seeing a few more advance pitchers. Not much to gain, but really not much to hurt either.
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No way should they be sending Wieters...They complain that he has caught more now than ever before and then they send him to Arizona, a league that is about the same level of competition he has already played in and dominated?

How many at-bats does Wieters have at AA and above? Just because he's done well for two months in AA is no reason to keep him from the AFL. One can review the experience and quality of prospects heading to the AFL and it is ridicously overcritical to claim Wieters should not go because he is too good.

A guess another group of posters would claim it would have been a slap in the face to MW if he had NOT been sent to the AFL if other teams send their best guys.

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Being on the 40 man roster and where they are in the minors are two different things.

Whose roster is Matusz on? Orioles.com lists him on the O's 40 man, notes that he's not on the 25 man, and has no record of his being optioned to any of the minor league affiliates. So apparently he's not below AA - but he's not at or above AA, either. Maybe the Warehouse thinks it can save his fourth option by just being passive-aggressive and doing nothing...

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