Broken Bat - Help: Should I give my best minor league pitcher a few starts?

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#10364	09/26/2014 7:28:11 am
Tiger504 Joined: 06/17/2014 Posts: 1314 Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers III.4	Russell Humphries, 14 bars, only at 10 bars right now. I project him as a starting pitcher by the end of next season. I am thinking of bringing him up occasionally for a few starts as the season winds down to start breaking him in. There is easily room on the big club to do this. Good or bad idea?

#10369	09/26/2014 12:29:37 pm
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5201 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	Did he just promote to AA? Or been there a little while? Personally, I wouldn't bring him up. I would wait until his recommended placement is the majors (hoping that it is b/f the end of next season). If he's still in AAA at this point next season, I might look to bring him up then.

#10370	09/26/2014 12:32:32 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 4985 Administrator	Well, he'll get more experience, but forgo training. Considering he's at AA, it's pretty borderline. I would guess he doesn't pitch too well....and I definitely think you want him in the minors at the start of next season. Steve

#10371	09/26/2014 1:10:14 pm
Holmes Joined: 11/07/2013 Posts: 1175 Inactive	If he was a year younger, I'd definitely bring him up for a few games at this stage. As it is, he only has a little over two years left in the minors, and if he hasn't been in AA for that long, he might need that time to get training. If he's had some time in AA already and is close to moving on to AAA, some experience in low-leverage games now might promote his skills and make the transition to the majors easier later on, so in that case, it might be worth a try.

#10373	09/26/2014 2:00:48 pm
Tiger504 Joined: 06/17/2014 Posts: 1314 Kalamazoo Bloody Tigers III.4	He has been in AA since I drafted him 1 year ago exactly.

#10398	09/27/2014 9:11:17 pm
Jason2327 Joined: 09/02/2014 Posts: 719 Abilene Patriots III.2	just move him back down to the minors a day or 2 before training cycles.would think this should still get him the training.