Me? I don’t think you can assume the future. At this moment in time, he’s failed. Is that never to change? Maybe. But, no one knows, for sure, now. And, that was the point of my post.

He might be back…then again, he could Keisler too. And, until we know which way he goes…he remains, failed.

Sounds like failure to me, no?
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If you would concede that the word in that form has a temporal quality, then perhaps, but remember that I responded to someone who used the word “failed,” which is the past tense that removes any temporalness.

Steve, being a failure implies lack of a future, that you have already come and gone and are done. Caput. One month in the big leagues doesn’t exactly make you a failure. Was Halladay a failure? Is Verlander a failure right now? What about Bernie Williams? Mariano Rivera? Hell, what about Darrell Rasner?

Kennedy is a failure because you want to take the most negative stance possible because that’s “your thing.” That’s cool. Doesn’t mean its true though…

re·gress (verb)

1. To go back; move backward.
2. To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state.
3. To have a tendency to approach or go back to a statistical mean.

Sounds like failure to me, no?

Rich – how would you classify Kennedy’s status at this moment?
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I would say that he has regressed, but how can it reasonably said that he is a failed prospect after one month of a bad performance this April and one good month of a good performance last September?

Rich – how would you classify Kennedy’s status at this moment?

Rich, I meant in general, prospects who never amounted to anything, whether drafted by the Yankees or not. Those were just the guys who popped into my mind at the moment.

Taylor is sui generis given that he sustained a career ending injury in a fight.

CJ was traded for Abreu and has returned, although I’m not sure where he currently is in the system.

Yarnall wasn’t drafted by the Yankees.

To call IPK a failed prospect at this point is idiotic.

Brien Taylor = failed prospect.
CJ Henry = failed prospect (maybe).
Yarnall = failed prospect.

Ian Kennedy != failed prospect.

Hey, Kennedy, at the start of this season, was a prospect. The Yankees gave him some starts, and, he failed. Now, he’s back in the minors.

So, what did I say that’s not true?