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by **Grounded Polo** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:00 am

Rotoworld.com wrote:Reds signed outfielder Corey Patterson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

Corey Patterson definitely does not clog bases so Dusty will love him. :-/

by **BJSFAN123** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:44 am

Patterson isn't even on the yahoo database right now %-6

I was looking to take him

by **hybrid** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:28 am

I think it's more mid-2008 at the moment. He will just beat up AAA to the point where they can't put it off. Patterson will likely have periods were he sucks and Griffey will be hurt or traded.

by **cards05** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:03 am

hybrid wrote:I think it's more mid-2008 at the moment. He will just beat up AAA to the point where they can't put it off. Patterson will like have periods were he sucks and Griffey will be hurt or traded.

I'm wholly on board with this assessment. He will go down for a while......but not for long because he won't give them much of a choice.

by **IllinoisBandit** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:39 am

Votto '08 = Bruce '09

by **Yoda** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:43 am

He'll be up in 08 if he is playing well especially when rosters expand to 40 .

by **Grounded Polo** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:51 am

Yoda wrote:He'll be up in 08 if he is playing well especially when rosters expand to 40 .

Bruce becoming a September callup would be quite the travesty.Hopefully he just plays Patterson for a month and then calls up Bruce sometime in May because he seems to realize whats in the best interests on the team, now and for the future, when he said that Scott Hatteberg is like 38 and Votto is clearly the future.

It's still funny that they signed that leadoff guy who steals bases but has trouble cracking a .700 OPS.

by **Pogotheostrich** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:04 am

Grounded Polo wrote:
Yoda wrote:He'll be up in 08 if he is playing well especially when rosters expand to 40 .

Bruce becoming a September callup would be quite the travesty.Hopefully he just plays Patterson for a month and then calls up Bruce sometime in May because he seems to realize whats in the best interests on the team, now and for the future, when he said that Scott Hatteberg is like 38 and Votto is clearly the future.

It's still funny that they signed that leadoff guy who steals bases but has trouble cracking a .700 OPS.

I honestly think it depends on how the Reds start the season. If they start hot it doesn't matter how bad Patterson is. As long as they are winning Bruce will be in AAA.

by **raiders_umpire** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:29 am

Bruce needs a bit more seasoning in the minors, and the possible extra year of non free agency eligibility should appeal to the Reds fans as well. I imagine we see him before June though if he has any kind of year like he did last year in the minors.