Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Joel Guzman & Ryan Church

Oh, well. The Guzman posts will slow for a while as he was sent to AAA today.

I admit it hurts to see him sent down after reading the tea leaves and seeing him stay.

That aside, he is clearly the first recall when an OFer pulls up lame. I draft on April 10th, is that too soon or should that date be moved further into the season?

More surprising is the demotion of Ryan Church. He had a good rookie season but that did not get him the benefit of the doubt.

He did not hit well this spring, but he did walk 10 times. I was beginning to think he had recovered his AAA skills after a season to adjust to the major leagues.

Apparently, the Natspos did not see it the same way.

In the defense of Marlon Byrd (.904 OPS) and Brandon Watson(.712 OPS with 7 SB), both outplayed Church (.596 OPS).

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