Larry Stone wrote that the M's kids weren't ready, and then, paradoxically stated that Zduriencik had to get them out of there before M's fans saw them on TV and began clamoring for them.
Zduriencik knew very well that Paxton, Hultzen, and Taijuan would outpitch the M's veterans over the next two weeks. Why give yourself the chore of explaining why you're cutting players that EVERYbody now realizes are your best players?
That is EXACTLY why Zduriencik sent them down for pitching better than expected. ;- ) It was now a given that they were going to make the club, given the fair chance that --- > the M's had repeatedly said that they'd have.
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I give huge points to Zduriencik for having the integrity to admit that he was sending out pitchers who should have made the club. For me personally, that admission makes the whole thing okay, and it would also make it okay if I were James Paxton.
At least they're not being hypocritical. They're just managing their assets.
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