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Originally Posted by Team Clark
In this instance I have to 100% agree. My question (which is purely hypothetical) is if they knew Mercker or Bray was going to pitch this well and recover from their repsctive injuries would they have brought in Affeldt? I know, I know... Affeldt was brought into be a starter. (BTW, if anyone truly believes that then I have swamp land in Fla for sale.) You have Coutlangus as a decent option behind them in case someone hits the skids.
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Does bringing in Affeldt to have a chance mean Wayne was being a huckster? I don't agree with that assessment. When we signed Affeldt (from a weak FA market mind you), the three youngsters were question marks, although we now know WK intended Volquez in the rotation all along. Fogg had not been signed. I think they fully intended to give Affeldt a shot at making the rotation full well knowing that if he didn't succeed, he could easily be moved back to the pen. One certainly can question whether that's a good use of our resources, but I don't think stating he'd have a shot means they were pulling our leg. IMHO.