Volpe is only 21, not many kids come up younger than that. I'd expect him to break camp in the minors and then come up after a month so this year doesn't count as service time. Looking back, we should have done that with Judge and he wouldn't be a FA until next year. Normally it's like 20-22 games into the season so it just makes business sense to wait. Dominguez is still only 19. I doubt we see him this year. Last 19 year old I remember in the league was Soto. If Dominguez has a great season I could see maybe bringing him up later in the season but I think it's very unlikely we roll with him as our LF all season. Probably going to be Carbera out there imo.
Right, he came up at 21. You said other teams bring up younger players and overall that's just not really true. There's the occasional freak like Soto but generally 21-23 is the range most guys come up. Even Julio spent 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and early 2022 in the minors. Things didn't really click for him until 2021 and then it translated to 2022 in the bigs. Hope Dominguez has a similar jump.
Yea he was a beast. Very unlikely he was actually 19 though. Kids in the Caribbean used to (still do a little but not as often) say they were younger than they were. An 18 yr old looked way better at a camp when you thought he was 16 so there was incentive for them to lie about it. But yea regardless if he was 19 or 21 when he came up, he played well early. We got to see 2 last year, should see Volpe at some point this year. I know it feels like it's been too long but honestly this season is about when you'd expect Volpe to be up. At the latest next season.
A payroll at $350m allows for a couple bad contracts. It allows for more room for error.
I said it too.Knew they had buyer’s remorse.
