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Didn't Aubrey have a wrist injury which saps power, when he was in the Indians system?

If he has recovered from it fully, wouldn't that give him have a much greater upside (1st round draft pick) then any of the guys left on the market, while also kinda invalidating most of his MIL numbers?

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Didn't Aubrey have a wrist injury which saps power, when he was in the Indians system?

If he has recovered from it fully, wouldn't that give him have a much greater upside (1st round draft pick) then any of the guys left on the market, while also kinda invalidating most of his MIL numbers?

I do not know of anyway that a wrist injury would allow you to hit for a decent batting average, but without power. You use the wrists of course, but power comes from the core after rotating the hips.

I am ok with Aubrey, but if you are going to go with Aubrey then you might as well consider bringing Snyder up as soon as possible IMO.

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Still don't understand the Michael Aubrey hate on this site. I say let him come to spring training with a long shot of making the team, then let him play at Norfolk, and if we see any signs that his ML tryout indicated a real comeback let him play later in the season. The guy was once considered major talent, and it wouldn't shock me if he still had something in the tank.

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Still don't understand the Michael Aubrey hate on this site. I say let him come to spring training with a long shot of making the team, then let him play at Norfolk, and if we see any signs that his ML tryout indicated a real comeback let him play later in the season. The guy was once considered major talent, and it wouldn't shock me if he still had something in the tank.

"Letting him play" at Norfolk may not be automatic. I don't see how Snyder, Hughes, and Aubrey all play every day at Norfolk, or even fit on the same AAA roster.

Also, carrying three AAA first basemen on the 40-man roster makes little sense.

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