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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
If your theory is that Chisenhall has been better handled than Moustakas, I might agree with you.
Moustakas should have been demoted sometime in May, around the time Francoeur was cut loose. You were calling for it 3 weeks into the season, which I still think was too early to make that move. But when it got well into May and his two week surge collapsed into pathetic performance, yes, I think it would have done him some good to be demoted for a while to work through things.
But if you look at what the Indians got from their 3B spot when Chisenhall was down (from Aviles and Reynolds), it's actually worse performance than Chisenhall was giving. So it actually did not help the team to demote him LAST year.
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We keep grousing (fairly I might add) about player development and its exhausting watching guys who are universally loved by scouts flop up in KC. My theory is DM is too patient and lax with young players but that's just my theory. I'm looking for other ideas.
Watching Chisenhall blow by Moose is nauseating to me. In my 2011 BBAmerica handbook all three guys (Callis, Lingo, Manuel) had Moose higher. Lingo had hm #3 overall. Behind Harper and Trout. Moose had 20HR as a 23 year old his first full season then shit the bed. We have a problem whatever it is