Anyone else think it's time to demote Javier Baez? I think he's proven that he's not ready for Daytona. It might be hurting him to face pitching he's not ready for at this point. It may also be hurting his value to let him struggle like this.
I certainly don't.
He needs to learn things. There is not a real need to dominate the competition.
Demote him to a level he already dominated last year .333/.383/.596/.979, and what is he going to learn?
Additionally there are four other starters on the Daytona team who have a lower OPS and lower BA than Baez does... should they also each be demoted? His OPS is higher than the
team OPS at Daytona, and better than the OPS of 9 teams in the league, and close to 50 points better than the league average.
Certainly he has not been doing as well as had been hoped, but demotion would make no sense.
Now, for the good news from Daytona -- Stephen Bruno, who seemed to put up flukishly good numbers last year at Boise, is picking up right where he left off last year. He has a line of .362/.436/.478/.914. That puts him 7th in the league in BA, 8th in OBP, 21st in slugging (Baez is 24th) and tied for 9th in OPS. Pretty good for a 2B who also plays SS, 3B, all OF positions and has seriously and favorably worked out behind the plate.
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