Wily Mo has just been released from the NY Mets AAA affiliate along with another former Red Javy Valentin. Should the Reds take another flyer on the 27 yr old Pena?
I say yes on a Minor League contract.
Wily Mo has just been released from the NY Mets AAA affiliate along with another former Red Javy Valentin. Should the Reds take another flyer on the 27 yr old Pena?
I say yes on a Minor League contract.
Hell no.
I'd sooner take Javy back. Actually he would have made a nice little fill-in while Votto was unavailable.
"In baseball, you don't know nothin'"...Yogi Berra
He's certainly no worse than McD and has more upside. Couldn't hurt, but probably won't help much ultimately either. Still he's a bit of an upgrade there.
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
He seems like a lesser version of Jonny Gomes to me. I'd rather the younger guys get at-bats instead of Pena.
Can they send him to the GCL?
Yes. He started off cold and without any pop. This month is OPS is .910 and he seems to be hitting with power. He still draws walks at the same rate as Taveras but why not let him get some AB's in AAA.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/m...pbp&pid=276377
Do you want extra entertainment during batting practice?
"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
"Willy Mo, Willy Mo, Willy Mo." M.B.
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"I think we’re starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball,” Votto said. “I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. I’m going to do my part to help make that change.”
I think we have too many good young outfielders right now to have him take up a spot. Unless you want to release McDonald and have him take his place.
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"I think we’re starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball,” Votto said. “I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. I’m going to do my part to help make that change.”
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
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