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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
I'm just not ok with leaving guys up at the MLB level when they're playing so bad. (Hos has been terrible, let's not pretend otherwise). We stayed too long with Alex back in the day, but we did send Butler down and it helped a lot. Dayton sticks with guys too long and stunts their development. If he was concerned about them long term, sending them to Omaha right now won't hurt that. It might help. In fact I'm sure it would. But either way I'd tell them both that if they don't perform they don't stay. That's what loser small markets do: allow loser youngsters to keep playing no matter what.
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This isn't a "loser small market" thing, it is the reality of our situation.
The alternatives suck. It is too early to trade for someone else. (We have to wait until other teams realize its not their year and raise the white flag)
Its not like "if only Hosmer and Moose weren't in the lineup, we'd be raking", the guys who would start in their place would be very bad everyday players.
If we were NOT trying to win this year, then we could be all old-school hardass like you are suggesting, punish them with a trip to Omaha until they hit their way back up.
However, since we are trying to win this year, and since we CAN NOT WIN if neither of them turn it around, we gotta stick with them right now.