Nice to have these fanposts to toss ideas out there to the masses for consumption - and i promise, it has nothing to do with craig monroe.

I had discussed with pat recently (whygavs pat, that is) the fact that alvarez's numbers arent too fabulous right now. a rash of strikeouts and his numbers look shoddy.

then i started reading through things more, and i can't help but wonder if some of pedro's struggles are beyond his control. The Lynchburg roster is basically Pedro, Matt Hague, Jordy Mercer, and 11 other guys who are either very old for the level or slightly old and repeating. And Mercer and Hague aren't doing much.

Perhaps some of Pedro's struggles are attributable to opposing pitchers getting to face people like kent sakamoto for the other 8 at-bats instead of hitters to truly be concerned about? (i know, watts and presley are hitting, but i dont think opposing pitchers are exactly trembling at the sight of an org filler catcher)

My gut tells me that perhaps come months end, if they're still cruising at West Virginia, we promote Calvin Anderson and/or Chase D'Arnaud and see a boost in Pedro's numbers since he'd no longer be the only threat in the lineup?

Pat mentioned some rumblings about his sitting on fastballs and missing all else, but that strikes me as very odd, because he didn't do that at Vandy, and I don't think Class A+ ball is <i>that</i> far advanced from college.

This is all just speculative, but perhaps i'm at least marginally educated in my guessing?