D-backs’ Hall: Bauer demotion was the right call
Jul 20, 2012, 3:07 AM | Updated: 4:47 am
Adversity can often breed success — and that’s exactly what the Arizona Diamondbacks hope will happen with their highly-touted prospect Trevor Bauer.
Bauer ascended to the majors to much hype and fanfare but failed to meet up to the lofty expectations. In fact, it was evident Bauer was overmatched and needed more seasoning at the minor league level.
Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall told Arizona Sports 620’s Doug and Wolf Thursday, he believes it was without a doubt the right decision to demote the
right-hander to Triple-A Reno.
“For whatever reason, [Bauer] came up here and experienced difficulty for the first time in his career,” Hall said. “I think he was like a deer in headlights. He didn’t know how to handle it.”
Bauer went 1-2 with a 6.06 ERA, 13 walks and 17 strikeouts in four starts with the D-backs. The 21-year-old particularly struggled in his last start Tuesday against the Reds, in which he surrendered four runs (three earned) with five walks and three strikeouts in three innings of work.
“You could just tell he was so disappointed after that last start, so confused, so lost and as confident as he sounds afterwards it was clear that he needed to get back down to the minor leagues and collect himself,” Hall explained.
