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I can't tell with your "dancing" :D, but are you saying that this is like the Reimold situation? Clearly it is.

He's just saying that everything sucks because AM didn't give $100M to somebody, that's all.

Because of that, nobody is coming through, the top prospects are gonna disappoint, things are gonna be terrible, and it's all because AM doesn't know as much about baseball as him... or maybe AM does, but he's doing us dirty on purpose, as part of his evil plan to dupe us into thinking he's trying to fix things when he's really not... not sure which one of those it is, but it's one of them... or maybe both...

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The point is, Reimold had never played AAA going into last spring. He'd been very good in AA, which he'd had to repeat because of injuries. He'd been so-so in three separate stints in the AFL. There was no talk at all last winter that Reimold might make the team out of spring training.

Reimold was very good in 2009 spring training, but in very limited playing time (32 plate appearances). He wasn't really given a chance to compete for a job. By contrast, Pie had 68 PA, Montanez had 55. Reimold got some attention with how he hit in the spring, but he earned his call-up with how he hit in AAA. I expect that is what Snyder and Bell will need to do, though they probably won't need to hit as well as Reimold did in AAA.

Agree, especially the last part because Reimold had to take playing time away from another prospect, while Bell/Snyder will only have to take it away from someone like Aubrey, or Atkins if he's not doing well.

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Didn't him and Bell look pretty good in the Fall League?

Snyder 2009: .354/.456/.600 (78 PA)

Snyder 2008: .349/.431/.667 (69 PA)

Bell 2009: .319/.388/.516 (101 PA)

Reimold 2008: .261/.352/.478 (103 PA)

Reimold 2007: .245/.331/.453 (117 PA)

Reimold 2006: .284/.406/.398 (104 PA)

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We won't know until ST, but I don't think Snyder is as ready as Reimold was.

I actually agree with this, but it's no reflection on Snyder.

Reimold was a 25-year-old who had been drafted out of college, with more than 1600 professional PAs, half at AA, where he had an .880 OPS.

Frankly, I thought that he should have gotten a ST invite in 2008 and a callup in September of 2008, so to my mind he was ready a year ago. The criteria to me is whether a player is ready to learn at the MLB level while keeping his head above water. Reimold qualified.

I think Snyder is probably there too, but a few months at Norfolk won't be out of line, either.

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Snyder 2009: .354/.456/.600 (78 PA)

Snyder 2008: .349/.431/.667 (69 PA)

Bell 2009: .319/.388/.516 (101 PA)

Reimold 2008: .261/.352/.478 (103 PA)

Reimold 2007: .245/.331/.453 (117 PA)

Reimold 2006: .284/.406/.398 (104 PA)

Wow.

How good is the Fall league supposed to be again? (I forgot.)

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Snyder 2009: .354/.456/.600 (78 PA)

Snyder 2008: .349/.431/.667 (69 PA)

Bell 2009: .319/.388/.516 (101 PA)

Reimold 2008: .261/.352/.478 (103 PA)

Reimold 2007: .245/.331/.453 (117 PA)

Reimold 2006: .284/.406/.398 (104 PA)

Snyder :hearts: AFL.

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Agree, especially the last part because Reimold had to take playing time away from another prospect, while Bell/Snyder will only have to take it away from someone like Aubrey, or Atkins if he's not doing well.

I also think that Snyder and Bell are more highly regarded in the organization than Reimold was at this time last year. It's easy to forget, after what he showed in 2009, but there was not a lot of talk about Reimold being a top-tier prospect. I am pretty sure that last year was his first ST invite.

Most telling to me was the fact that he didn't get moved off RF until last spring. I'm pretty certain that they'd have moved him to LF for 2008 if they had really expected him to be playing in the majors a year later, because clearly there would be no room for him in right.

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He shouldn't even be allowed to compete for it.

He isn't good.

Scott should be the first baseman.

Aubrey can make the team if he shows he can be a good bench player..be a late inning defensive replacement for Scott and spot starter...That's fine.

But nothing more than that.

What? What is the fear of letting him compete for it? I don't care who they let compete for any position on the diamond. The best player wins. If Aubrey is the best first baseman on the team, he wins the job until Snyder is ready. Making statements like,"Guthrie is no more than a relief pitcher", and "Baez has no business making this team" just set you up to look silly.

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What? What is the fear of letting him compete for it? I don't care who they let compete for any position on the diamond. The best player wins. If Aubrey is the best first baseman on the team, he wins the job until Snyder is ready. Making statements like,"Guthrie is no more than a relief pitcher", and "Baez has no business making this team" just set you up to look silly.

You forgot, "Kotchman, greatest first baseman of the next decade"

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I would rather try Aubrey everyday and only if he falters offensively go with Scott. Of course you could also do it the other way around, and insert Aubrey regularly when Scott goes into one of his patented slumps which you know is going to happen its just a matter of when.

I would rather see them commit to Aubrey or Snyder if they rock in ST, rather than having a revolving door at 1st base. A stable presence there, and letting someone develop, would be better than a hectic shell game of mediocre AAAA guys and one-dimensional misfits.

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I would rather see them commit to Aubrey or Snyder if they rock in ST, rather than having a revolving door at 1st base. A stable presence there, and letting someone develop, would be better than a hectic shell game of mediocre AAAA guys and one-dimensional misfits.

The problem with Snyder and Aubrey is that both will drag the team down. MacPhail promised to give Trembley the help he needed to win games, and if either Aubrey or Snyder is starting at 1B barring a ST explosion, he can't say that he did with a straight face.

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What? What is the fear of letting him compete for it? I don't care who they let compete for any position on the diamond. The best player wins. If Aubrey is the best first baseman on the team, he wins the job until Snyder is ready. Making statements like,"Guthrie is no more than a relief pitcher", and "Baez has no business making this team" just set you up to look silly.

Well Baez had no business making the team.

Just because you totally overrate Aubrey and think you can properly evaluate him after 90 at bats, while completely ignoring a mediocre MiL career doesn't mean he is a MLer...he isn't good and has no business on the team unless he makes the team's bench, which he probably shouldn't.

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