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They shouldn't have. He could honestly go on to win the Cy Young award this year and they shouldn't have done it because they still have no chance to make the playoffs. They are wasting a year in the future of his talents. He threw a grand total of 2 innings in one game during the spring. He was never on their radar. Somehow, he goes from not being in any spring training games after March 9th, to on the opening day roster? Really? Just seems crazy.
thatcoolguy_22 (04-18-2013)
If a kid is ready to come up I don't think it's fair to keep him down just because you know it's a lost year anyway and you want to delay his free agency. That being said, if he only threw 2 innings in spring training, he probably could of used some more seasoning.
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Wonderful Monds (04-17-2013)
Btw how good is Fernandez, what was he ranked as a prospect? This is literally the first or heard of him, but apparently he's the second coming of Doc Gooden, according to our broadcasters.
Yeah, #5 overall by Baseball America.
His first two starts he has been great. In fact he is only the 2nd pitcher ever 20 or younger and the first since 1965 to give up 1 run or less and 3 hits or less in his first two major league starts.
Through 2 starts his numbers are a 0.82 ERA, 0.73 WHIP, and a 13.3 K/BB ratio.
If Cingrani is on this could be a great young pitcher's duel tomorrow night.
There's a line from a George Harrison song..
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there"
The Marlins probably needed bodies to fill the rotation. There's no long term plan to win, especially now that they got their stadium.. They are being run like the Expos were by Loria.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
Marty and Kelch were talking like they called Jose Fernandez up as a publicity and attendance ploy to appease their fans, since they sold off their team from last year.
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