Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
I don't think Plumlee was let go to make room for France. At any rate, France was statistically Tulane's best starter and had an ERA of 5 something at one point during the season when Tulane was struggling and got it down to the three's. France had more quality starts than Plumlee and I'm pretty sure France allowed fewer grand slams without looking than Plumlee. Relief pitchers tend to have lower ERA's and higher K rates than starting pitchers. That's why no one compares Mariano Rivera to Randy Johnson. And yet Plumlee has worse stats across the board than France.

France has a good chance to start for us and probably will. Plumlee does not. Tulane's pitching staff ERA's look like ours when Russ McNickle was the pitching coach- and France had the best stats on the team. Someone like Gary Henderson will get him back on track.

France was also offered money to sign out of high school. I don't believe Plumlee was.

And who knows? Maybe Cann told Plumlee that he would have to be a bullpen guy because he was better there and Plumlee wanted to start and left because of that.
I'm not saying I choose plumlee over France. I want both. Plumlee wasn't always a reliever... he had 8 starts to france's 15. Plumlee was very good early in the year till the sec roughed him up some. I would've really liked having these 2 battle it out for Sunday starter with the other perhaps being midweek guy.

I think you could be on to something with plumlee being told he's a reliever. If so, I'd rather have given him chance to win a spot. Oh well...

Not sure what France being offered money out of HS means though when he wasn't drafted earlier this month.