Post by The Duke on Jun 4, 2008 6:37:42 GMT -5
Jocketty has made a lot of moves in the Reds minor league system and they have pretty much all been good moves, but I don;t think he should be done yet. Here is what else I would do if I was the Reds GM right now.
1. Promote Drew Stubbs to AA. While his avg is low, his OBP is very high and I think his K rate would improve if he starts to see better pitching, much like Bruce's has since his callup to the bigs. Not to mention the FSL is a pitchers league.
2. Promote Cody Strait and BJ Szymaski to AAA. Not so much as them bein gready or future contributors as it is a log jam of OF in AA and AAA OF being pretty weak.
3. Promote Ramon Geronimo to AA. He has a 0.70 ERA and a 0.70 WHIP in High A and is 24 already. There is nothing more for him to learn in High A.
4. Promte Jeff Jeffords from Low A to High A. 23 year old reliever in Low A has done well, time for the next step.
5. Promote Kyle Lotzkar to Low A Dayton from EST. Plug him into the rotation and get him and Ravin as many starts as you can
6. DFA Chris Dickerson. He is 26, can't hit, and is wasting a 40 man roster spot.
7. Callup Jolbert Cabrera to replace Freel as the 25th man on the bench, start Hairston in CF when on eof Dunn or Jr sits and Janish at SS. Cabrera will be bench depth utility and a decent pinch hitter.
8. Promote Tonys Gutierez to AAA and start having him play 1B and LF some as well. Hitting .324 with a .441 OBP and hit .292 with a .399 OBP last year between High A and AA. Is only 24, but is a left handed hitter as well with little power. Try to showcase him in AAA to move him as a chip in a trade that might over-estimate his value.
1. Promote Drew Stubbs to AA. While his avg is low, his OBP is very high and I think his K rate would improve if he starts to see better pitching, much like Bruce's has since his callup to the bigs. Not to mention the FSL is a pitchers league.
2. Promote Cody Strait and BJ Szymaski to AAA. Not so much as them bein gready or future contributors as it is a log jam of OF in AA and AAA OF being pretty weak.
3. Promote Ramon Geronimo to AA. He has a 0.70 ERA and a 0.70 WHIP in High A and is 24 already. There is nothing more for him to learn in High A.
4. Promte Jeff Jeffords from Low A to High A. 23 year old reliever in Low A has done well, time for the next step.
5. Promote Kyle Lotzkar to Low A Dayton from EST. Plug him into the rotation and get him and Ravin as many starts as you can
6. DFA Chris Dickerson. He is 26, can't hit, and is wasting a 40 man roster spot.
7. Callup Jolbert Cabrera to replace Freel as the 25th man on the bench, start Hairston in CF when on eof Dunn or Jr sits and Janish at SS. Cabrera will be bench depth utility and a decent pinch hitter.
8. Promote Tonys Gutierez to AAA and start having him play 1B and LF some as well. Hitting .324 with a .441 OBP and hit .292 with a .399 OBP last year between High A and AA. Is only 24, but is a left handed hitter as well with little power. Try to showcase him in AAA to move him as a chip in a trade that might over-estimate his value.
