2012 Justin Maxwell Performance Thread

[ajra21]

Shame, would rather have on the team than Raul Ibanez.

[BRNXBMRS]

Claimed by the Astros.

ouch, rather play in AAA for a good team.

[awy]

ouch, rather play in AAA for a good team.

he's got a short field to hit homers. bad team = playing time. it is the perfect situation for him

[Jax Teller]

ouch, rather play in AAA for a good team.

I find this hard to believe. You'd rather be in AAA for a good team with very little chance of getting any real ML playing time over having an actual chance to make better money with a sh*t team?

[sweet_lou_14]

I find this hard to believe. You'd rather be in AAA for a good team with very little chance of getting any real ML playing time over having an actual chance to make better money with a sh*t team?

Agreed, makes no sense. At this stage in his career, any player wants MLB playing time no matter who it's for. Worry about playing for a contender once you have established yourself as a major leaguer. If your current team stays terrible, and you turn out to be good, you will eventually get your chance to play for a better team.

[ajra21]

Maxwell probably wishes he was picked up up by a semi decent team who'd give him playing time and not the Astros.

[effdamets]

Maxwell probably wishes he was picked up up by a semi decent team who'd give him playing time and not the Astros.

He has to be thrilled to be picked up by the Astros. Now he can prove himself, or try to prove himself, at the major league level.
Good luck to him.

[BRNXBMRS]

Maxwell probably wishes he was picked up up by a semi decent team who'd give him playing time and not the Astros.

See you get it.

[primetime714]

He has to be thrilled to be picked up by the Astros. Now he can prove himself, or try to prove himself, at the major league level.
Good luck to him.

Seriously a guy in his situation is looking for a regular job on world series or even playoff contender. If he was he wouldn't have much luck finding that role. Houston is a great situation for him as he's the primary backup to a weak OF that has two lefties. This is probably the best situation he could have realistically hoped for.

Best of luck to him.

[southernNYYfan]

He hit a pinch hit home run last night v the Braves

[sweet_lou_14]

See you get it.

Yeah, not really. Let's look at those two quotes again.

ouch, rather play in AAA for a good team.

Maxwell probably wishes he was picked up up by a semi decent team who'd give him playing time and not the Astros.

You said that playing in AAA for a good team was better than playing at the MLB level for the Astros. Making the very reasonable assumption that when the other poster said "playing time" he meant at the MLB level, he's not saying the same thing you are.

I think everyone would agree that MLB playing time for the Yankees or another contender would be preferable to MLB playing time for the Astros or another cellar-dweller. But that's not what you said.

[NYCrusader]

No pro baseball player from rookie to grizzled veteran would rather play on a AAA team then to play on a major league team irrelevant of how "bad" the major league team is considered.

It's not even close.

[NoodleRay]

cue the Chicken Littles

Claimed by the Astros.

What does that mean? Did we lose him? It's a shame, seems like the Yanks let some very good players get away without ever giving them a fair shake at the major league level, in Yankee stadium.

[pleasepassthesoup]

No pro baseball player from rookie to grizzled veteran would rather play on a AAA team then to play on a major league team irrelevant of how "bad" the major league team is considered.

It's not even close.

Agreed. It's everyone's goal to be a big leaguer, not a AAA player for the best team possible. (Not to mention the money and lifestyle improvement that goes with being in MLB)

[ajra21]

What does that mean? Did we lose him?

Yes, we lost him. He's got talent and I'd much rather have kept him over Ibanez but there wer go.