You want to make a point then make an actual point not just make one up!

Were we in a pennant race last year?

There goes yor mejia argument…

Explain what they needed to do before you will say they are ready?

Or is ready just a something that happens when it’s the Phillies guy who gets the start?

Was the problem that he got rocked in an important game making that ONE GAME stand out in your mind more than some other Rookie Debut in September such as Gee’s where the game was pointless we were already out of it?

Milledge was an immature person not an immature player. He has had sexual misconduct allegations and even had that dumb High Five incident. But he was in the MiL for two years and raked at every level throughout.

Then they traded him. He had the talent but he was too immature to be a good player, thats all. Had nothing to do with how quick he came up!

As for rushing Gomez, did they really? I mean yes he came out and did enough for someone to want to trade Johan for him!

Sorry Clayton Mejia is about the only one you can say was being rushed and considering what they were asking him to do it would seem to be not as bad an idea as I thought seeing as how he didn’t hold up under the stress of starting.

And if he had shined in relief and became our future closer we could trade away K-Rod to get some kids we would not have to rush because trading him didn’t create a hole that wasn’t already able to be filled by what we have.

The others should stay down until someone goes, You not going to rest Beltran at this point and Pagan is doing well after his long rest. So unless you have a place to play them everyday they are much better off where they are.

I think Bay is tradeable if he gets hot soon so they should let him work it out lower in the lineup and see if some form of Bay, Kid and a Salary gulp can’t make room for Kirk or F-Mart.

Whats his story?

Generation K was rushed up, Omar didn’t really rush anyone. Has Rushing Ike actually hurt us? How about Niese? Maybe Pelfrey?

The only kid he rushed was MEJIA! They wanted to make him a CLOSER so they could dump K-Rod. Something you seem to support in many of those 20 year rants!

Develop a Closer like the Yankees and Boston you say….

Well I trashed it as a mistake but your good at hindsight, what does hindsight tell you might be all Mejia is food for? A few Innings but won’t hold up to a lot of innings.

Really thats the only kid you can say Omar rushed.
And as Mejia and F-Mart shows, doesn’t matter how old you are you can still get hurt because injuries are NOT predictable!

You may be correct on Kirk. He might need to wait until after the trade deadline.

and F-mart seemed to be much improved in his breif time this season. defensively and offensively

Maybe Kirk will but here is the problem with bringing him up…

First he should not be rushed.
Two bring him up now and if he does succeed everyone will want us to include him in one of the destined to happen future deadline trades…

Kirk is not going to see the MLB until after Beltran is gone, and or F-mart fails.

Is replacing Bay going to change our chances of winning this season?
NO!
So then it makes a ton more sense to let him get the work in and try to fix his swing and approach or at least hit enough to make him wanted by someone if we are willing to pay part of his salary in a trade.

If we were 2nd in the Division or the Wild card it might make some sense to sit Bay, but where we are it makes zero sense at all!

You are going to have plenty of opportunity to see Kirk and F-Mart late this year or next season. You will probably see Duda in a week to come in and play 1B if Evans doesn’t hit. I doubt Duda will hit either.

He hasn’t before when he got the opportunity and unless he is tearing up the MiL now it really makes no sense to think promoting him would be a help.

He provides good fielding and since we do not have anyone who is going to hit any better than him to throw in there it makes no sense to bench him. Just move him down in the order and get that damn hitting coach on top of him.