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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
Wasn't Pompey sent down to the minor league camp mid-way through spring training? As in he didn't even make the normal spring training roster? That sounds to me like he won't be MLB ready any time soon if he can't even stay on the regular spring training roster.
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Not sure what you mean, being sent to MILB camp midway means he was at the normal (MLB) spring training camp. It doesn't mean that he won't be MLB ready anytime soon, it just means that he wasn't going to make the opening day roster (with Saunders Pillar and Bautista it was unlikely he'd get much playing time anyways short of a 60 day DL stint by one of them).
There is a good reason to send him down early... if he gets injured at the MLB camp then he'll be earning a big league salary while on the DL (small payroll issue) and more importantly accruing major league service time which will effect his arbitration and free agency eligibility down the road. You don't want to keep pre-arb players who don't figure to be on you're opening day roster in big league camp long.