He is (was) a non-roster invitee, so moving him down doesn't make room for anyone. I just don't get why Maybin gets such a long look when Gerber has looked so much better with the bat.
He is already an NRI. Sending him down doesn’t open anything up.
By that logic, the same applies to me...
Good numbers in the minors last year but doesn't strike me as any better than the guys that Zaidi signed as minor league free agents out of the Dodgers' org. And I'd much prefer keeping Sandoval over Maybin.
Giving up Johnson means, I think, that he is serious about keeping Joe around. Not that JJ is a blue-chipper, but he is more than just org filler.
And that is looking like a pretty good pick so far.
I was a bit disappointed to see Jordan Johnson get traded. He looked decent last year and was one of our better upper level pitching prospects. That's a thin area, so maybe the org saw something in him that made them feel he was expendable or they really are that high on Joe.
I don't see how Reed is better than Slater, Shaw, Gerber, et al, but, compared to who they've been getting recently, I'll take him.
I know nothing about him, but he has nothing on his resume to get excited about. Only cost us Andreoli, though, so even if he doesn’t make the team, who cares.
His numbers seem better than Andreoli so I think the trade is a win already. However, I don't understand the philosophy that says "we've got a bunch of fairly young, inexperienced outfielders who we think are going to be mediocre, so let's go acquire a bunch more young, inexperienced outfielders who will probably be mediocre or older, experienced outfielders who we know are mediocre to play on the big league club"
