Understood, Rick. As I said, he's in a tough place. I would call him up if Guti broke himself again and give him a shot at that vL OF bat. I would have liked to seen him get some AAA CF time, too....but we have other guys to see there. But I'm not willing to say Romero has no chance: Witness a guy like Trevor Plouffe, who is a major contributor on a decent team. his AAA #'s are an uninspiring .261-.316-.449 with BB's in 6.8% of PA's, K's in 19.2% of AB's and a 1-2.5 BB/K. Over the lst 3 seasons he's been a 3B/1B. Romero's 6.0%, 20.4% and 1-3 are just marginally behind Plouffes, and his AAA thump is miles better. He wasn't good in his shot last year.......but given the right opportunity (thus the Guti injury mention), I'm giving him another look-see. Chris Colabello was in Indy ball until he was 27. He wasn't good in his 1st MLB go-around. He's pretty good this year. Stuff happens like that.