Domonic Brown to start 2011 in AAA?
The Zo Zone
Todd Zolecki

Interestingly, Amaro spoke of a potential platoon in right field involving Ben Francisco and Ross Gload - not mentioning Domonic Brown, who hit just .069 in nine Dominican Winter Ball games before returning home last week. Asked if he would prefer Brown to play every day than split time in the big leagues, Amaro said, "If we had our druthers we'd rather put Domonic in a position to get the at-bats that he kind of lost last year and prepare himself to improve his outfield play, base running, etc. In a perfect world, we don't need Domonic to make our club, unless he really pushes us, unless he shows us in Spring Training that he's ready to take that next step."

Amaro has only himself to blame after not sending Brown back to AAA when Shane Victorino returned from the DL in August.