After watching the entire Tigers / Angels game in Anaheim yesterday a couple of early round draft picks are getting no respect whatsoever. Mike Scocia and Jim Leyland were falling all over themselves trying to get to VMart and Josh Hamilton with 2 outs. In the 9th inning after a blown call changed the course of the game, the Tigers had Tori Hunter on second with 2 outs. Socia proceeded to walk Cabrera and Fielder to get to Martinez with the bases loaded. In extra innings with 2 out and no one on, Leyland walked Pujols to get to Hamilton.
These two guys were 0 for 11 with 4 strikeouts. Its time they are both moved down the order. I'm very concerned about VMart, he looks awful. The extra innings cost me my opportunity to tweak my bids as the game lasted past the deadline. I thought I'd be back long before. I blame it on the horrific call in the 9th.
How crazy is it to give up on Montero this early? My Seattle buddy's hate him and that was good enough for me.
) I think it was a terrible move to give up in April on a player of his potential. Obviously both the Yanks & Mariners saw SOMETHING in him, as a hitter anyway. You shoulda put his ass on your bench if anything, although w/ the Astro pitching that would've been a mistake (as we've already seen).
That thought was quickly dismissed though, and that's because it's just too early. I think one of the biggest mistakes we can make in this game is to "overreact" to early season performances or trends, either positive or negative. In your move of dropping Montero for Buck, you reacted to both. 
) or that Montero's usage becomes a season long issue, you could have dropped Montero later on when both became more apparant. In the meantime though, you would have had this high ceiling player stashed if the more likely opposite results come to bear. 
Had I done things properly Montero would reside on my bench. Either way he wouldn't have been in my lineup yesterday.
