Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 06, 2008
Short Attention Span

Richard Griffin criticizes the Blue Jays management for not giving players enough time to produce:

Yesterday's questionable personnel move was the knee-jerk reaction that sent 24-year-old Adam Lind to warm the bench for now and the foreseeable future, a mere 10 days after being named starting left fielder. It appears to be another chapter in the Jays' impatient history of, "What have you done for me yesterday?" And it's not even a matter of how well his replacement Shannon Stewart plays in his stead.

Lind was promoted to play left, the same week Frank Thomas was released, with Matt Stairs and Stewart to platoon at DH. A lefthanded-hitting prospect, Lind posted a .365 average at Triple-A Syracuse with 16 RBIs in 18 games and was deemed ready for primetime. But 19 failed at-bats later, he's out and Stewart is in as the everyday guy in left batting second in the order. Patience?

"We have to think about putting the best team out there," manager John Gibbons said, matter-of-factly. "He's just not getting any hits right now."

One for nineteen with one walk isn't a good start, but the Jays should know that's a really small sample size. He has nothing to prove at the minor league level. It's not like anyone else on the team is producing all that much. Give him 200 at bats before benching him.


Posted by David Pinto at 12:57 PM | Management | TrackBack (0)
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