There was a case to be made BWJ should’ve been up last year.
Possibly, but on purely developmental terms it would have at least been aggressive. Julio is the easiest call imo(there's dominating a level and then there's hitting .362 w/ discipline and power over a 200 PA sample), but even he skipped AAA entirely. Witt hadn't played full season ball before last year and spent 2 months at AA and 2 months at AAA. Greene had 65 IP in AAA with a 4.13 ERA and a worse FIP. And the early season results haven't exactly proven they were inescapably ready to help win games either, Witt has a wRC+ of 79, Julio's is 85, and Greene has a 6 ERA with FIP to match.
There was a case to be made BWJ should’ve been up last year.
Possibly, but on purely developmental terms it would have at least been aggressive. Julio is the easiest call imo(there's dominating a level and then there's hitting .362 w/ discipline and power over a 200 PA sample), but even he skipped AAA entirely. Witt hadn't played full season ball before last year and spent 2 months at AA and 2 months at AAA. Greene had 65 IP in AAA with a 4.13 ERA and a worse FIP. And the early season results haven't exactly proven they were inescapably ready to help win games either, Witt has a wRC+ of 79, Julio's is 85, and Greene has a 6 ERA with FIP to match.
Julio has come alive last ten games. Early struggle was to be expected but I think he will stick now. Kelenic needs to go back down.
I don't think it'll always work out. And many rookies are struggling. The ball is a big reason.