[Mick]

The Giants had a guy named Eliot in spring training in the 80’s. He hit about .700 and became a regular.... for two weeks. Disappeared.

Longoria looks like he took a nap last Wednesday and hasn’t quite awoken.

Anybody want to take a stab on when Dugger gets the call. I say April 22.

I remember Randy Elliott.  Had two short cups of coffee with the Padres in 1972 and 1974.  Couldn't stick.  On the strength of his 1977 training camp with the Giants, he started in left field for the first few months.  Batted .240, OPS was .682.  Seven HRs in 167 ABs, so he had a little power.  Good fielder.  No speed, weak arm.  Retired for a year, then Billy Martin liked him enough to give him his final cup of coffee with the A's, batting .125.  Career .210 hitter.  Had a chronically troublesome shoulder, maybe dislocated a lot.  When his shoulder stayed in, he was pretty good.  In the second swing of the 1977 regular season, Doug Rau hit him on the shoulder and ruined him.  After baseball, he taught special ed for kids, coached high school ball, ran some hitting camps. 

I think Duggar is going to have a very hard time with the bat.  He hit .270 at San Jose and .261 for Sacramento in AAA.  He's a reach, IMHO.

Agreed with you on Longoria.  Everything looks slow.  Slow bat, slow feet, slow arm.

[Mick]

The Giants had a guy named Eliot in spring training in the 80’s. He hit about .700 and became a regular.... for two weeks. Disappeared.

Longoria looks like he took a nap last Wednesday and hasn’t quite awoken.

Anybody want to take a stab on when Dugger gets the call. I say April 22.

I remember Randy Elliott.  Had two short cups of coffee with the Padres in 1972 and 1974.  Couldn't stick.  On the strength of his 1977 training camp with the Giants, he started in left field for the first few months.  Batted .240, OPS was .682.  Seven HRs in 167 ABs, so he had a little power.  Good fielder.  No speed, weak arm.  Retired for a year, then Billy Martin liked him enough to give him his final cup of coffee with the A's, batting .125.  Career .210 hitter.  Had a chronically troublesome shoulder, maybe dislocated a lot.  When his shoulder stayed in, he was pretty good.  In the second swing of the 1977 regular season, Doug Rau hit him on the shoulder and ruined him.  After baseball, he taught special ed for kids, coached high school ball, ran some hitting camps. 

I think Duggar is going to have a very hard time with the bat.  He hit .270 at San Jose and .261 for Sacramento in AAA.  He's a reach, IMHO.

Agreed with you on Longoria.  Everything looks slow.  Slow bat, slow feet, slow arm.