I really didn't think Mark Shapiro would allow Eric Wedge to mess around with LaPorta. Seeing as how LaPorta has been platooning with David Dellucci since coming up, I was clearly wrong. LaPorta was absolutely mashing in AAA (batting over .400), and is clearly ready to make an impact at the major league level right now. The Indians have been so terrible offensively, you would have thought that even Wedge would have been intelligent enough to get LaPorta's bat in there everyday. Instead, though, the Indians are letting LaPorta ride the bench much like the Angels did with Brandon Wood. Makes a lot of sense.
In 13 at bats, LaPorta is only 2-13 (no doubt due to his erratic playing time), but has already outproduced David Dellucci, who hasn't managed to muster up an RBI in 33 AB's thus far.
Basically, either play him or send him back down. The last thing you need is your top all-world prospect playing every 5 days. In Triple A he'll be out there everyday working on things, and when Wedge finally decides to break up with David Dellucci (or the Indians decide to break up with Wedge), he needs to be called up to play every day and bolster the Indians' anemic offense.
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Smith great job with the blog!! As for LaPorta, it was so frustrating seeing the x next to his name on my team. I picked him up thinking he could contribute like Braun did when he got called up, but it looks like he'll be sent down any day now. Hopefully the Tribe realizes they've made a mistake and recall him over the summer. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks man. Yeah, I added him in every other league besides HP ALLSTARZ since you already had him. Give him 500 AB's and I'm pretty sure he'd hit 25 HR with a respectable average. Wedge is an idiot.
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