I saw this the other day. Do you remember who they previously had listed at #30?
Unfortunately not.
He had a very meh season.
Sure. But was he going to get a September cuppo, either way? I don't think so. He isn't on the 40. I feel the same about Suarez.
That would have required a DFA or a 60-run to get him on the 40 for September. Maybe shut down Morse officially? Cut Moncrief loose? I think they want to allow Slater to play if he has any chance to get back, and they have stuck with Cain this long, why change that now?
It could be possible the Giants dfa Jordan Johnson for a 40 man spot. But they won't holdly Moncrief tightly unless he hits .600 with a 1.000 SLG. It is very possible that they would have called Beede up in September. Look at Stratton. Has he ever earned a call up, other than his pedigree?
I think they are quicker to call up a guy (and start his clock) if he is a lesser prospect than if he is a legit prospect. Arroyo was called up because they thought there was a chance he was ready. Stratton was called up because they didn't care.
And I was wrong the scenario I pictured on Stratton. I thought the Giants purchased his contract before he was in need of protection. They actually purchased his contract the offseason before his call up.
I'm no fan of how they've handled playing the young guys (or, rather, not playing them and just bouncing them back and forth). It does reek a bit of desperation. However, I'm not ready to start calling out Evans or say the FO doesn't know what they are doing. I may land somewhere in between some who say in the FO we trust and your current, slightly tipsy (is that okay to say?) perspective. I really do hope things start going down a little bit differently come August but I have my doubts.
But I'm assuming that Sabien (in whom I have nearly total faith) has given Evans complete or near-complete control over decision-making. In which case, we have, what, two or so years of evidence of his running of the front office...as well as (coincidentally or not) nearly two years of the Giants falling on their faces on the field. The moves the Giants have made in the minors have me almost completely flummoxed. And some of the moves at the big-league level are also hard to understand. Basically, I have no idea what the Giants are up to. I can only hope that as some of the old guys come up for contract renewals (or the ending of contracts) at the end of the year, that the Giants show some good sense and say hasta la vista, baby, to Pence, Moore, Cain, etc. And FOR ONCE, give the young guys (Beede, Rogers, Arroyo, Jones, etc.) a decent and CONTINUING chance (i.e., don't call them up for a couple of games, claiming they're going to give them time to play...and then send them right back down).
