Trot Nixons Power Outage

[riverside sluggers]

he lost a ball last nite late that almost cost us a run

hes bad in the field,not very good,a complete liability in right field,shaky at best in center

he was drafted at 17 because he could hit the ball 500 feet

he wont get 500abs here when crisp comes back

when that occurs he'll be used to spell nixon against lefties,crisp or manny on turf games or in the back end of a double header,next year when nixon leaves he'll be counted on every day...

saying he wont shatter the strikeout record is wishful thinking unless he develops patience

hes a career .250 hitter with an obp of .310...

116ks in 310ab last year.....

thats almost impossible to digest

this in the national league central

in hitters ballparks where stiffs like chris carpenter win cy youngs....

 

dont get me wrong here,hes done fine by me so far

hes stepped up and done a good job in crisps absence

better than i expected

when coco returns you'll find wily at the end of the bench,sitting with jt snow dustin mohr alex cora and the hitting coach and im not sure thats best for his development are you??

 

theres a reason hes never had 340abs and played over 110games while playing for a last place team

the reason is hes got no plate discipline and he cant field for s***

hes been in the pros since 02

thats 4 solid years of development he missed sitting on a bench in cincinatti and i dont want us to make the same mistake because its obvious to me and anyone who watches him that hes got the skills but needs direction.

 

Correction: Wily Mo was set to be the starting left fielder for the Reds this season. The Reds needed starting pitching more than they needed offense, a trade they couldnt pass up.

 

They cant have 6 outfielders. Mohr will not be sitting on the bench when Crisp returns, because Mohr will be DFA'd or sent to minors. According to Chris Snow of the Boston Globe. Kapler is aiming for a return next month, Willie Harris will be the one sent packing

[TheRivernator]

btw, you guys have now had as many days off (3) as you have had games in your last 6 days. Also, the pitching matchup for the yankee/sox series is Wang-Schilling, Wright-Wake, Johnson-Clement

[Mr Crunchy]

it certainly was a no brainer for the reds

[juliedon]

I see your points Crunchy. But I honestly feel he is way to good to send to AAA. Why send him down there when he is contributing offensively right now? Why weaken the team? Why not keep him up so we have more bullets to gun in a gunfight?

 

What he did in Cincinatti is irrevelent. If we thought that way we would have sent Ortiz to AAA a few years back and he may not have ever became the player he is today. An injury opened up the door for Ortiz, and the rest is history. What Ortiz did in Minnnesota was irrevelant because he became a completely different player in Boston, just like WMP has. Even if WMP one day ends up seeing more time on the pine, I think he will still get enough playing time and guidance to grow with the big league team.

 

We couldn't just send him down to AAA. He would have to clear waivers and he definitley would be picked up by another team. It is in his contract. So we have to keep him in Boston.

[ORS]

We couldn't just send him down to AAA. He would have to clear waivers and he definitley would be picked up by another team. It is in his contract. So we have to keep him in Boston.

Yes, he'd have to clear waivers, but that is not written into his contract. MLB rules dictate that a player has 4 years of options to be sent down to the minors once they are classified as an MLB player. To get that classification a player is either called up for the first time, or they sign a MLB contract, which is what Pena did when he was 17. When he turned 21, he ran out of options, which means he'd have to go through the waiver process to be sent down.