March 30, 200718 yr QUOTE(ScottyDo @ Mar 30, 2007 -> 11:52 AM) Where else are they supposed to hold auditions? Yeah, that's all fine but Floyd IS on the AAA team so clearly KW's biases didn't get in the way. If they made the right choice in the end, what's the problem? They didn't hold auditions for any starters in 2006. They were hoping Floyd would be what KW erroneously thought, and perhaps still thinks he is. If you can't, by what THEY say, evaluate pitching in AZ, then having a competition for a role makes little sense if you're basing it off of what they do in the environment where its supposedly impossible to evaluate them properly. As to the second part, KW traded one of his biggest chips to get Floyd, so like Sisco when he unbelievably was chosen over Logan (Sisco's numbers in 2006 were worse than Cotts' and he didn't exactly show he was improved in Tucson) Floyd, unless he is hurt or his ERA is 5 or 6 runs above everyone else, will most likely get the first crack when and if Danks needs more seasoning, or someone goes down. Remember, KW said his trades this offseason where going to help in 2007. Haeger should be the 5th starter, but that would make KW's trades look puzzling at the very least for this season.
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