Choo Choo: RF Looks to make club out of spring training

Shin Shoo Choo, the 24 year old RF acquired from the Seattle Mariners in last seasons trade for Ben Broussard, will have a lot of competition in spring training this year. At this point, because of the acquisitions of Trot Nixon, David Delucci, and the resigning of Jason “King of blah” Michaels, it looks like he will be at Buffalo to start theseason. To me, this is pretty unfortunate as Choo, who hit .295 in 45 games with the Tribe last year, is definitely ready to at least be a sufficient fourth outfielder in the major leagues today. He is pretty similar to Ryan Garko in fact, and could easily be called another victim of circumstance. I look forward to seeing if Choo can prove himself this spring training, as I love his defense in right, and especially love his arm strength and ability to take good routes to fly balls (something the “King of Blah” should work on). I’m really starting to wonder if Mark Shapiro overrates experience, as he continues to sign these players simply due to the amount of years they’ve been in the league. My philosophy is quickly becoming let the young players play, especially if they can play defense.