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October 30, 2012
Minor League Update
Games of October 29
by Bradley Ankrom
The Caribbean leagues are usually off on Mondays, but the Dominican League played a couple of make-up games:
- David Adams, 3B, Yankees (25) (Scottsdale-AFL): 2-for-3, 2 2B (6), R, 3 RBI, BB. Three hits, all doubles, in two days; .250/.365/.386 overall.
- Seth Blair, RHP, Cardinals (23) (Surprise-AFL): 4.0 IP, 5 H, R, 2 BB, 3 K. Results have been great in the AFL – 2-0, 0.68 ERA – but control i
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I'm a little surprised the Cardinals are even letting Oscar Taveras play in the DWL. He's clearly not going to learn much there, and why expose him to injury risk? Is there an upside that I'm missing other than just being able to put another string of awesome numbers in his bio?
Just getting him some more reps. There's injury risk for any player, but much less risk for a hitter than a pitcher who already threw a full season.