If the choice is Mes only getting 1.5 starts a week or losing another major league development redoing AAA I'd just assume trade him.
Reds have completely boondoggled his development.
Coming off of their last minor league year, and going into 2011 for Mes and 2013 for Hamilton, Mes had a WAR of -0.2 and Billy Hamilton had a WAR of 1.0 (at the major league level. I'lltry to find some prospect ratings for each, WAR isn't fair prob when comparing these 2 positions.
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I don't want to trade him but I agree there is no where to feel good about his development. I'm starting to feel the same way about him that I do Chapman. Make a plan and stick with it. Even if your plan sucks it has to be better than having no plan at all, and that is the way I'm starting to feel with Mes, that the club just doesn't have a good plan.
I don't really follow prospects all that closely and know that Mes was touted as a middle of the order type catcher. Whether or not that ever becomes true is one thing, but he was touted as such. You have to give a guy like Mes a chance, and he certainly didn't get one last year.
Billy Hmilton is ranked #30 this year by ESPN
Devin Mes is #8 for last year. You ar correct sir.
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Oh yeah, and I had already made that point. about it not being fair & all.........
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I guess I'm just buying into the Billy Hamilton hype. Never really saw / heard of any (or much) national hype with Mes.
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Billy Hamilton may get more hype because of the steals being so rare, but as far as a player goes, it was nearly unanimous that Mesoraco as a prospect was better than Hamilton is as a prospect. Catchers are more important defensively and Mesoraco has more offensive upside as well.
The Reds have had a consistent plan for Mes. When he finished his good AAA season, they brought him to the bigs and gave him an apprenticeship playing less than the incumbent.
The plan was - and maybe still is - to increase that playing time.
Problem is he hit .212 with a .640 OPS, and some think he didn't defend that well. He was sent down to the minors, hit 3 for 19 PAs down there, and then didn't make the Reds playoff roster.
Meantime, Hanigan is established as a first rate defender who gets on base. And the team is contending and probably wants Hanigan to continue to play very often.
If it were me, I would do the opposite of sticking to the plan. I'd revise the plan to allow Mes to get his bat going at AAA and get some more reps behind the plate. Let's see how it goes, how Hanigan does, how Olivo does, if everyone is healthy.
You can support Mes and still think he'd be better off catching most every day at AAA.
remdog (03-10-2013)
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