ldnk wrote:The_Hater wrote:ldnk wrote:
It's absurd that Cecilliani was called up over Pompey. Yes, it would be great to guarantee he plays everyday and I do understand that Gibbons is likely to play Carrera over him but still.
Cecilliani is not a Major league player. He shouldn't even be on the 40-man roster.
Cecilliani looked so good in spring training many of us were all upset that Carrera made the roster ahead of him. Plus I think it's unfair to judge him based on a terrible lefty vs lefty matchup today.
He had a .506 OPS in 39 games last year with the Mets. He's hitting .217 with a .555 OPS in Buffalo. Forgive me if I put more stock in that than useless spring training.
He hit the cover off the ball in the spring and in AAA prior to this season. If you want to focus solely on the stats that make him look bad, so be it, but there's a decent sample that also says he might be a hitter.
Junior Lake and Dominic Brown haven't hit well in AAA either but that's a tough hitters park too. Pompey is hurt plus they might want to save his options. There wasn't a clear OF choice really.