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Re-Evaluating Elijah Dukes

How does the recent Delmon Young incident effect Dukes as a prospect?
First of all, Dukes' 'troubles' have been the biggest issue as far as knocking him down on prospect lists.  With Delmon crossing way over the line, does Young drop drastically on prospect lists?  If not, it seems that Dukes would need to be re-evaluated and receive a little more slack in that area (at least from a prospect evaluation standpoint).
Dukes is also now TB's #1 OFer at AAA (since Young is suspended indefinitely).  Through 22 games, he's hitting .316/.413/.595 with 4 hr's, 3 triples, 4 doubles and 2 stolen bases with a 13/12k/bb ratio.  He's showing the power, plate discipline and reportedly has been strong defensively.  He's also shown a lot more maturity over the last year.
Is it perhaps time to bring an end to the Damon Hollins era (seriosuly, i can't believe this guy is playing still) and see just what Elijah Dukes can do?

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