re: DAT 7/7: YFPHA @ Tribe

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Probably a mistake to call up singleton again...he has only reinforced himself as terrible...hell be nothing more than a throw in for trades now instead of a core piece.

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I agree, Singleton has not helped his case for more playing time on the big league roster. But he is still young (23) and has a very team friendly contract -- I think you may be under-valuing those things. I think Luhnow will spin the whole "look, we got burned by letting JD Martinez walk and now he's an all-star. we're not letting big jon walk without significant return. just look at his numbers at AAA."

Do I think Singleton will turn it around? Unfortunately, I've seen nothing to suggest that he will. At least, not until he gets finished smoking up $10million worth of weed.

As for everything else you said -- spot on. VV could be deadly in the bullpen as a 7th inning change of pace guy. Could you imagine a 7th, 8th, 9th rotation of VV, Neshak, and then Gregorson -- talk about keeping the hitters off-balance.