Teams have promoted prospects from AA before. The Mets did it with Michael Conforto last season. Would it be the craziest idea for the Indians to promote Clint Frazier from AA to the majors?
Probably not this second, but in a month, if he continues to produce like he has been, it may be the best option for the Indians.
Frazier is off to a great start in AA, hitting .311 with a .937 OPS. He’s continuing to cut down on his strikeouts, striking out a 19.7 percent clip which is down 10 percent from two years ago.
His OBP of .400 is the highest it has been throughout his professional career. It just may be the light bulb is starting to click for the 21-year-old and is showing the promise of why the Indians drafted him out of high school with their first pick in 2013.
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For the Indians, I would like to see them be more aggressive and try and land Beltran. What I think will happen is that Naquin will be the answer for a couple of weeks and then Frazier will be brought up to see what he can do.