Willie Randolph is terrible

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In Willie's defense, he has to trot out Endy Chavez in CF while Beltran is out. Oh yeah...Milledge is hitting .404/.524/.625 at AAA...

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An argument could be made that the problem with bringing Milledge up right now is that there is potential to "set him back a bit".

I dunno though. That kid can play, he proved it in Spring Training and he continues to prove it in Norfolk. If Beltran lands on the DL with his vagina injurty the Mets should really consider giving this kid some playing time in Queens.

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Is there any evidence that position players can be negatively affected by a few MLB ABs slightly before they are ready? I could see this with pitchers, but I don't think this is a good reason to hold a hitter back.