UM, OKAY So Jeff Mathis has been sent down and Mike Napoli called up. I'm on record as saying Jeff Mathis wasn't ready to be in the majors, and after a month the Angel brains apparently agree with me. But it also strikes me that as ready as Mathis is, Mike Napoli is less so. Last year Jeff Mathis hit 270/340/499 at AAA at the age of 22. Mike Napoli hit 237/372/508 at AA at the age of 23, struck out a gazillion times, and went through a brutal slump for the entire summer. Napoli so...
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