Christian Bethancourt

[gamer052001]

Micah Owings is a NRI and pitching for the Mariners this spring as well.

[douggoud]

If they don't have anything in place now they'll certainly have to do something whenever Shohei Otani comes state side

[Caulfield]

Quote: Originally Posted by douggoud

If they don't have anything in place now they'll certainly have to do something whenever Shohei Otani comes state side

Or when they go super-retro and put the Babe on the cover.
I can see why maybe this would be disabled for ranked online games, maybe even DD, but not for any other mode.

[Viking11]

I could be wrong but I could have sworn that I read early on that they are letting us start pitchers in the field this year. Would work fine as long as they have the secondary positions set or you will be looking at a large drop off with the new position logic.

[douggoud]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caulfield

Or when they go super-retro and put the Babe on the cover. I can see why maybe this would be disabled for ranked online games, maybe even DD, but not for any other mode.

I've been waiting for them to bring him back, he used to be all the way back in 06 and 07 to my knowledge and maybe few after, but I wonder what changed that made them not put him in the game again. Probably something with the MLBPA or maybe the Ruth family gave them permission and then decided otherwise? It could be a multitude of reasons but maybe someday they'll be able to put him in again.

(On a side note of waiting, still waiting for them to let us give our RTTS pitchers a gyroball )

[DanH35]

I doubt he'll make the team, but the Cardinals are trying Jordan Schafer out as a two-way player also.

[gamer052001]

Jordan Schafer and James Jones of the Rangers (injured) would be great pinch runner and defensive replacement options in the OF.

[gamer052001]

Bethancourt made the front page of yahoo news! Lol