Reds open with Tigers 7-24-2020

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(07-10-2020, 09:52 AM)grampahol Wrote: Very strange how things are turning out with everything from the virus to contract negotiations to a glut of OFers..
Last fall or whenever the rule 5 draft happened I was really looking forward to seeing Mark Payton be a headliner for the club and in any ordinary season he probably would have been an automatic gimme to start at just about any OF position. He had great numbers in both power and average and not too shabby defensively. Just a few years ago we really had nobody we could call a star OFer and suddenly fabulous prospects are somehow just mere after thoughts. Whoda thunked it?  

Huh? Who?

(looks him up).

Um, yeah Gramps, I think you're a bit too hopeful:

1. He's not a, "Star Prospect;" he's 29 years old. If he hasn't cracked a ML roster by now, he's nowhere. Maybe in Japan.
2. He played last year in the best hitters park in Minor's history; seriously, look at all of the no-name players who put up gawdy numbers in LV.
3. He doesn't seem like a bad AAA player at all, but at best, he's a AAAA (Quad-A) player.

He could surprise and all that, but I wouldn't get your hopes up for this guy.