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Originally Posted by REDREAD
I know you may disagree, but Walt probably doesn't think much of Hannigan and Dickerson.
Here is the problem. Let's say Dickerson is marginally better than Patterson. I do not agree, but let's assume that.
You release Patterson and bring up Dickerson. Then you get another OF injury. What do you do?
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Waiver wire city, baby!
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This team is paper thin. The young talent is very questionable at best. No point in giving playing time to another Anderson Machado type. (Or other very marginal prospects the Reds have wasted playing time on).
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Why not?
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I don't know much about Hannigan, but Dickerson seems to be purely organizational fodder, to be called up in an emergency only.
Let's assume the Reds' scouts think Dickerson has no ML future. If we go under that assumption, we might as well just keep Patterson, since we are paying for him, and he is better than Dickerson.
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Let's not assume that. Let's find out if he's greater than or equal to Patterson.
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In summary, Walt probably doesn't agree that Dickerson and Hannigan are ready. Or if they are ready, he doesn't think they are part of the future. Walt had no problem with bringing up other kids that he thought could help, so I doubt he's prejudiced against Dickerson.
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I don't see how one could say that with any degree of certainty whatsoever.