Mar/070
The Marlins Finally Get It
Yesterday I briefly touched on the Marlins closer situation heading into the 2007 season which is one of the major voids we have on this team. The battle for centerfield is the next hot topic when you visit Roger Dean Stadium. Who is going to start in centerfield? That guy that likes to drink koolaid, the smallest body builder in the world, or the ex-steroid user? None sound like viable options as they all leave little to be desired. The good news coming out of Spring Training today is that one of the candidates have been sent back to the minors to work on his craft. Joe Capozzi reports in his Palm Beach Post article…
There are still more than two weeks left in spring training, but the Marlins already have seen enough of Reggie Abercrombie to know that he won’t be their center-fielder this season. Abercrombie was sent to minor league camp this morning as the Marlins narrowed their starting center-field candidates to Alex Sanchez and Eric Reed.
Skipper Fredi Gonzalez goes on to say…
“We met with him this morning. I’m sure he was upset,” Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said after the team arrived in Fort Lauderdale for today’s game against the Orioles.
“We haven’t closed the chapter on Reggie by any means. There have been guys who’ve come up and gone back down and when they came back up they stayed a long time and had a heck of a career. That’s what were hoping will happen with Reggie.”
I wish Reggie nothing but good luck. This move should have been made last season. It did no good for Reggie to struggle all season last year instead of working on his game and preparing to compete for this season. He is basically back at square one this season. I’ve never been a supporter of Reggie and all this 5-Tool-Player hoopla everyone tries to throw at you, but we did see some flashes of greatness last year. You can basically sum up Reggie’s Major League career so far from his Mamoth HR’s he hit at Great American Ballpark last year to his HR Off The Rocket at Dolphin stadium.
As Hard Ball Times puts it, “Some guys are just plain strong”
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