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Originally Posted by gblowfish
I'm afraid Colon may have been another wasted first round pick. He doesn't seem to be generating any kind of buzz, and has kind of plodded his way along in the minors. I think once they got Esky for Greinke, he sort of saw the handwriting on the wall. If I were him, I'd beg to play as much 2B as possible, might be the fast track to KC now. Esky's not going anywhere for a long time.
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Colon was on a tear in Arkansas earlier this year and was quietly being mentioned along with Myers as a call-up to Omaha. From what I've heard, the brain-trust wanted to see if his good month was related to batting in front of Myers or if something had actually clicked with him and he'd figured out how to hit.
Currently batting .288 for the season, with 5 HR's and 24 RBI's. 27 walks to 22 K's. His average was around .325 when Myers was promoted to Omaha.