His plate discipline certainly needs work but I do think some of it is potentially related to the wrist. If he's still building strength back in that wrist, he could be cheating a little bit. This certainly does not excuse the swings and misses on pitches that were never strikes but I think there's an element of the wrist involved.
mth123 (08-15-2022)
A better time would be when he can sustain an OPS above .600 in AAA. Its not going to make him a big-league asset any sooner. He's still recovering from a significant injury, so there is still a lot of doubt in "what we have" as we knew there would be. He's burning service time, losing value with his struggles and we really don't know anything more than we did the day he was promoted. What exactly did we find out? A guy who was struggling to OPS 0.600 in AAA who was still trying to come back from injury is overmatched in the big leagues? Did we really need a promotion to know that? We had all the evidence we needed in his AAA performance.
IMO, this was another front office "trick." The fans were restless after all the deals for the future and wanted to see some of that future as soon as possible (as many on this site did). So what did the front office do? Ready or not, they gave us the sacrificial lamb - Jose Barrero.
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InsaneinthBrame (08-15-2022),Kc61 (08-15-2022)
This is what I think as well. I think he's swinging before he knows where the pitch is going to go and hoping the ball hits the bat because he doesn't have the strength back yet to flick his wrists at it. But hey, at least he is developing a terrible habit in the process.
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He doesn't need to learn to recognize AAA breaking stuff, he needs to recognize major league breaking stuff. There's a difference. I don't think there is a better time. You need to know if there's a chance he's next year's shortstop. You're not going to learn that by having him in AAA. If he can't do it, it's gping to have to be Farmer again and they need to plan accordingly. The hamate break is a terrible bit of bad luck. I don't think anybody out of RZ is asking for perfection from him, they are looking for progress in pitch recognition.
Chip R (08-15-2022),Old school 1983 (08-15-2022),Tony Cloninger (08-15-2022)
Imo, we all might of had a better chance to see what Jose could have become, when he was called up a couple years ago, after doing well in AAA, only to ride the pine in Cincy. He should had been playing most to everyday then.
Chip R (08-15-2022)
HokieRed (08-15-2022)
HokieRed (08-15-2022)
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Revering4Blue (08-15-2022)
It's an investment in what he might do next July. He needs to see major league stuff. He's either going to do it now in order to be ready for a role next year or he's going to have to wait till next year and then you just put off his being useful until even later. Hopefully he's not so tender psychologically that this is "throwing him to the wolves." If he is, he's probably not going to make it now or any other time.
Old school 1983 (08-15-2022)
This is not meant to give anyone a hard time as I’m included in the sample.
But I just think we all got a bit out ahead of our skis on Barrero and it’s as simple as that. He may still bloom but I’d say he had a bit too much prospect helium and the rushed promotion in 2020 added to the illusion.
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mth123 (08-15-2022)
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