Headfirst

Doesn't matter how many times a hitter has seen a curve like that. If he is able to locate that pitch down in the zone in a pitcher's count....gonna continue to be unhittable.

I would be curious to know what types of pitches Buxton has been seeing in Rochester. Would hope that he has been learning to hit (or even make contact) with good curve balls. Get him back up ASAP and see if he's made improvements.

The real question at the deadline was "do we have the pieces within the system to be contenders 2016 and beyond?" Following the blueprint for the future I believe we do with some issues to address. We all know that SS, C and RP were/are the holes. Jepsen is an upgrade from Boyer and Graham maybe Fien so he addresses the RP some(although we hoped for better). SS we have some internal options and hope Santana can find his way or Polanco can address his fielding issues to become more rounded. With catcher we just don't have the options moving forward that we need. I would have liked a move to address who will be behind the plate next year. If I have to sit through more games with such little confidence at the plate from our catchers it will be tough to handle. Sitting relatively still at the deadline was fine with me to remain hopeful with our younger talent for next year and beyond. Hopefully we can find a way to address our catching conundrum before the waiver deadline or a free agent signing (Wieters maybe?) Balls in your court TR