If they deem Correa ready, there isn't a player on this roster that doesn't instantly become expendable in order to make room in the everyday lineup for him. You don't fret over players like Marwin Gonzalez or even Luis Valbuena if you're promoting your franchise's next super-duper star. He plays, and everything else works itself out. Just a guess, but I imagine his stint in Fresno will last long enough for them to confirm AAA pitching isn't overwhelming him - 2, maybe 3 weeks, max. It'll be a short stint - essentially, a layover. When he leaves Corpus, I have to believe they think he's ready right then.
Just call him up **** triple a, if they ever wanted to show some faith in ONE player instead of waiting until he is 23 and trying to sign him to a cheap skate contract and rubbing him the wrong way this is the one.
When I said roster logjam, I meant in the lineup. So yeah, playing Valbuena/Carter/Gattis/Marisnick everyday I suppose is the tradeoff--one of those guys sits. And that's certainly fair, platoon or sit Valbuena is fine if that's the only consideration. But again, when you consider everything else (esp Super 2 and Lowrie's return), I think it pushes you towards the side of waiting. yep, that I agree with. But if you promote him tomorrow, give him 3 weeks at AAA and say he's ready on June 1...and then say you have 4 weeks to get over Super 2 while also, I have to think you wait that out. (Or hopefully sign him to a 10 year deal and make all of this moot)
He'll be 20 when he puts on an Astro uniform... one of the youngest Astros ever. The only reason to question this wait is if he is AWESOME when he's finally promoted, and people start extrapolating that production out to this time period when the team is struggling mightily to score runs. You can question it even more if they go into an extended funk that causes them to lose the division lead or any hope of the playoffs. Best case scenario is that they withstand this lull, keep a 4-5 game lead in the division, and put it out of reach when #1 is finally here.
I got it... He's spending this time in AA to hone his baserunning. Well, 15-15 in stolen base attempts should do the trick, right?
I know Dierker made his debut on his 18th birthday, Cesar Cedeno was 19, Joe Morgan and Jimmy Wynn were 20, Nolan was 19 with the Mets. I'm not sure of other notable Astros that would have been younger than Correa. I'm also not sure of notable in a bad way promising Astros who made the show early and flamed out (not gonna happen here barring something catastrophic, obviously).
It is exciting to see the development. And to think if the Astros are still pretending to be the playoff team in a month or two, he might still spark the offense enough to tilt the tide. But the MLB is no joke. when elite prospects are tearing it up in the minors, and fizzle for a year or two in the majors, it should serve as a warning. Dont rush the talent. Super exciting to have a player the calbur of Correa in the pipeline !!!
I would say we are pretending to a certain extent and we aren't as good as our record shows. A couple of you homers should open your eyes and stop being so defensive.
Are you saying we wont keep up our pace and win 101 games? :grin: It's a long season, and we're guaranteed (like every team) to have some ups and downs. Arguably more so than others, due to our 4/5 slots and offensive inconsistency. Nonetheless, 85-90 wins is not out of the picture. We'd have to finish 70-60 to finish with 90 wins, which I don't expect, but hey, none of us expected to be 20-12 so what do expectations matter.
Points out the huge difference in how balls/strikes are called from the minors to the majors as one major reason for the early struggles. It is a HUGE adjustment that these guys have to go through, no matter when they're actually called up.
