After a so so start to an aggressive posting to AA by the Dodgers, 19 yr old Keibert Ruiz is trending up with a wrc+ of 100 and rising, his 6th HR today, and a 7.5% K rate. Expect a top 25 mid season ranking.
So who are the Sept callups and how can one justify calling them up and not Vlad? See the plm? Not advocating one way or the other, but the optics are terrible.
I don't think it was a decent gamble. It was just kool aid to sell tickets / maintain viewership. Shatkins said he would have blown this team up if not for fickle fans.