Jones & Keefe: Lou Merloni on the prospect he is ready to see in the big leagues

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00:00I know Marcello Mayer's hurt out for the year, but those other guys, is there any scenario

00:05where they make their Major League debuts this year, or is it all about showing up sometime

00:09next year?

00:10Well, I mean, for me, I'm ready to see Christian Campbell, you know, like I am, like I'm not

00:16one of these, like the year he's having right now, I mean, he gets promoted to double A

00:22and he hits what, 360, 370, he goes to triple A and he's doing the same thing.

00:26Like, you know, with Hamilton going down, Endeavor's kind of being in and out, you need

00:29an extra infielder.

00:30You know, you got Gasper at second base that I like, but still, Sogard, you know, these

00:34guys are up here.

00:35Let this kid come up.

00:36I don't know, maybe he doesn't wake up from the nap, you know, maybe he just continues

00:40it.

00:41We've seen it before.

00:42Jacoby Ellsbury came up, you know, and you're just like, well, let's just see, not put too

00:46much pressure on him and just put him in this lineup and see what happens.

00:49Like, I don't know, I think you're close to that spot of almost seeing this kid, given

00:53the year that he's having, just to give him a look.

00:55No, I mean, you mentioned Ellsbury.

00:57That's a good one.

00:58Like, we saw Bogarts come up in 2013.

01:00We saw Devers in 2018, so they've done it before.

01:03Those are all World Series winning teams.

01:04I don't know if that's the expectation here, but we've seen guys come up and contribute

01:08right away.