Why do you say that? Gibson sat him a little when he was banged up is all...In May he started all but two games and in April he started all but 6 but he had a tweaked hamstring and some other injury that I cant remember off the top of my head...

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He only started 46 of the teams 58 games, with less than half due to the hamstring issue. For comparisons sake Parra has started all but one of the teams games, in spite of being an obvious platoon candidate. But my point was mostly based on last year, not this one.

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They also hang guys out to dry that take the necessary time to heal and dont rush back. For example Drew.

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Ugh.....That was one of K.K.s worst moments....

Pollock named NL Player of the Week again

Perhaps both concepts will be past history.... IF TLR truly is given final word on personnel.

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Top-3 Diamondbacks by oWAR:
Pollock 2.3
Goldschmidt 1.9
Montero 1.1

This is a huge loss.

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A.J. Pollock, Better Than You Think, Now Gone

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/a-j-poll ... -now-gone/

I read before bed last night that Pollock won't resume baseball activities for 8 weeks.

Figuring he'll need at least 2 weeks minimum after that worth of rehab and minor league games.

So 10 weeks is the soonest I think we can expect him back. Thats August 15th.

I'll set the over/under on his return at 9/1 however. Rosters expand then anyway.

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Nearly 1 full year since the last post in AJ's thread? Travesty! We complain loudly about the players who don't produce, but we need to celebrate our guys like AJ more. Sure, we could have drafted Trout that year, but for a guy who was viewed as a money saving pick as the #17 overall in 2009, he has turned into a nice player. His WAR the last 3 years per BRef:

2013 - 3.5
2014 - 3.9
2015 - 2.4

He's in his age 27 season and I think he has 3 more arb years remaining. They could lock him up through age 32 fairly reasonably.

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Saw this thread and this post.

Thanks Oden for the resurrection

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Good call....strange.

Dunno why he's not getting more love overall. Yes, 1st time arb eligible next year , FA after 2018 season.

Not sure I would want to extend him though. A sizable chunk of his value is in defense and base running, which is bound to decline a bit by the time he turns 31.

Also, fairly sizable platoon split indicates his offensive upside and power upside probably isn't much at all. This is peak Pollock right here right now in my opinion. You take the next 3 arb years one at a time, and play it out.

His limited playing time and limited HR and RBI totals will keep his arb numbers pretty reasonable. No real upside for the team to "lock him up", as he's not going to get real expensive through arb anyway, and age 31-32 he is not likely to be as good as he is now.

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Good depth often has to come from within, in the form of younger talent. Depth is hard to build overnight, but it’s easy to deplete. Jeff Sullivan

Limited playing time, keep most of the better players from becoming too valuable. The new MLB economizer, Selig smiles.

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This is a little off topic, but has anyone else read THE GAME: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL'S POWER BROKERS by Jon Pressah?

George Steinbrenner comes across as a (ultimately sympathetic) dick of course, but it was interesting to see Selig racked over the coals for his self-serving decisions.

Really great read (best baseball business book since LORDS OF THE REALM by John Heylar), I heartily recommend it.

D-backs' Pollock playing like an All-Star

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Unfortunately he'll get crowded out by the bigger names having solid, but not as good as Pollock, seasons

I say buy out his three arb years and extend two years if he'll sign for about 5/$40-$50 this off-season. Even with a slight decline in his abilities he is/will be better than any option currently in the system or available at a reasonable cost on the FA market. Even if the Dbacks draft Daz Cameron, he would probably be four or five years away from contributing.

Especially since OFers don't get selected by position.

I'd like to see them try to extend Pollock, but age 32 is my cutoff. As Shoe said, he shouldn't have the kind of stats that would cause his salary to sky rocket during arbitration anyway. At this point, though, both sides should have a pretty good idea what he'll be asking for over the next couple of years. I'd be hopeful that a reasonable 5 year contract could be agreed on.

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