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William May III's avatar

Is it my imagination or is Stephen Paoloni getting an awful lot of AB’s. Is he a bigger prospect than I believe?

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Lindsay Crosby's avatar

He hit .220 when repeating High A at age 23 last year. If he's an actual rated prospect, we have problems on the farm

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William May III's avatar

Then why all the playing time in spring training? He is an outfielder. Would you not want to get that playing time to people that you might look at in the season coming from a a a?

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Justin Alston's avatar

Good article. Good info. It sounds like a lot of roster manipulation with the young guys. Overall, I think Atlanta's success rides with the rotation. I have no idea what to expect once Strider returns. Obviously, if he is in vintage form, watch out.

I'm interested to see how Holmes and potentially Anderson do at the back of the rotation. A lot of 'what-ifs' between the pitching staff and some of the offensive slots as well. But, saying that, overall, worst-case scenario, this team has enough talent to stay in the playoff race all year. Best-case, win the NL East and make a run in October.

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Lindsay Crosby's avatar

Yeah, I've got a dive coming on Anderson and Holmes. I've been waiting for more statcast looks at the two, but if we haven't gotten it by now, we're not really going to.

I'm high on Holmes, though, to the point where I drove the bidding for him a bit high in a recent dynasty auction.

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Brandon Caldwell's avatar

Well detailed analysis, thank you for the writeup and updated info

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Tim's avatar

Perdomo starts in AAA on a rehab assignment?

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Lindsay Crosby's avatar

Yeah, I've made that case before. It would make sense, just as a way to keep any there NRI on Opening Day.

My only question is if he's able to, given how well he's looked in spring. I don't remember if the new rules behind that allow him to be on rehab simply because he finished the previous year on the IL or if he would need to actually be injured now to go on the rehab assignment

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