I hope Bart gets it together. Genoves is improving his offense in Sacramento. If he continues to get better, I wonder what are the chances that he and Bart flip roster spots by the end of June?
Wasn't it like 5 or 6? It was crazy.
I think you have to give Babe more playing time. At least as he rides his hot streak. So for the next week or so, you go 60/40 Babe. But once his hot streak ends, go back to 60/40 Joey. We need to know what we have with Joey in the next 2 years so we know what to do with Genoves and Bailey.
Bailey may never make it into the picture. He hasn't shown any ability to hit yet in the minor leagues. Is his defense that good to overcome his weak bat?
Platoon advantage?
Zero. From what I've read, Genoves is nowhere close to big league ready. Also, they really like Bart -- at least until Bailey is close. I doubt Genoves will ever be anything but org depth.
You may well be right. However, I would offer that player development has advanced considerably in the last 10 or even 5 years. The sciences behind muscle development, neurology, opthamology, nutrition, specific training techniques, analytics, etc, even sleep have all come a long way in the last decade. With more money in the game, prospects can hang in an extra year or two to develop. One never quite knows who may emerge as a star going forward.
I think Bart has at least through next season to figure it out.
That is a bit surprising considering they decided to skip him to AAA with no playing time in AA. They will sometimes move catchers around who are org depth but not usually to be the starting catcher in AAA at age 23 when they are trying a rookie as the starting catcher in the big leagues.
Unless either Bailey or Sugestey are doing phenomenal work behind the dish, there will be no aggressive development, in my opinion, right now. Bailey got demoted for his bat last year. His bat hasn't gotten better this year. Sugestey is showing some shock offensively at the level he's playing. He's going to have to hit better to move up.
I don’t think they had many options for AAA catcher.
Minor league free agents? Major league free agents not getting big league deals? They have the ability, in the offseason, to find guys on the scrape heap to plug in. The fact that they didn't is telling, to me.
They did trade for the catcher who they ended up losing in waivers a week later. They also just got that Palpatine guy from Houston.
I thought Godoy was a waiver claim that they tried to pass through waivers within a week of claiming him. I don't get the Papierski trade. He cannot hit and the Astros were playing him more at 1st and DH than catcher. How is that a good pickup?
They were moving on from Dubon regardless. They get a AAA depth guy in return. Not a good trade, but getting max return anyway.
