OK, that really doesn't work well. But the Florida Marlins named Alejandro De Aza, a 22-year old who has never played above AA as their opening day center fielder. De Aza beat out Alex Sanchez, who was released.
De Aza was originally signed by the Dodgers and then taken by Florida in the 2004 Rule 5 minor league draft.
Almost completely OT, but you know what former Dodgers prospect the Marlins should really give another shot to? It would entail moving Hermida to center, which I'm sure is a bad idea, but, how about Billy Ashley?
OK, he's probably too old and out of practice. But Ashley definitely was a good enough player to merit a long career as a role player, and he might have been good enough to be a nearly average starter, assuming he was platooned. I once wrote most of a very long article about Ashly, why he was under-appreciated, why Lasorda jerked him around, etc. Then I lost interest, wisely.
Any blog named "The Billy Ashley Appreciation Society" will engender my full support. Hop to it.
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OK, he's probably too old and out of practice. But Ashley definitely was a good enough player to merit a long career as a role player, and he might have been good enough to be a nearly average starter, assuming he was platooned. I once wrote most of a very long article about Ashly, why he was under-appreciated, why Lasorda jerked him around, etc. Then I lost interest, wisely.
Any blog named "The Billy Ashley Appreciation Society" will engender my full support. Hop to it.
Comment status: comments have been closed. Baseball Toaster is now out of business.