HriniakPosterChild said:
Pedro was 5'11". At least that's what it said in the media guide.
Let's make something clear. Nobody who is 5'11" gets listed at only 5'11", and nobody listed at 5'11" is actually 5'11". Remember when Hulk Hogan was listed at 6'8"?
Back to Sizemore, this is an awesome problem to have. I know on the Championship hangover, it is easy to say you want XB and JBJ both moving forward and playing full time, and I do that too, especially with my hopes they don't re-sign Drew. But the reality is that if Sizemore is healthy he is very likely a better baseball player in 2014 than Nava or JBJ, and those guys along with Carp have to arm wrestle to not be the weakest link.
Carp and Nava are both very useful players likely somewhere near their peak, so you take them for what they are, or you trade them for what they are.
JBJ could benefit from a year in Pawtucket, even though I think he is mostly ready. Given that he is still 24, struggled in his brief time in the majors, and has under 400 total ABs in triple-A. If Sizemore beats him out, I'm sure he will be disappointed, but his career value might increase, he is insurance against injury (we are looking at you Sizemore), and you gain his 30 year old year cost controlled by not having his 24 year old year in the majors (although I question some of the arbitration clock calculus conventional wisdom, because you also change the arb and free agent parameters and don't necessarily "save a year" of money when the dust settles).
If instead of demoting JBJ in this hypothetical you trade Carp, then you end up with a missing piece when an injury happens, and might have less total value over 162 games as a result.
I think all of this is more than 50% likely to be moot, because I think Sizemore has a ways to go before he proves he isn't the positional player version of Mark Prior, but all things being equal JBJ gets demoted, and all things not being equal the weakest link in the Nava/Carp/JBJ trio doesn't make the roster.
