Hernandez can't be recalled until 5/12 without being a DL-list countermove.
He's not on the 40-man roster. There are five possible options who are.
I see him as more of an emergency starter. He's had a nice start in AAA but has been one of the worst pitchers in baseball.
And they' have been lucky in the way their appearances have played out. Look at last night with the Mookie- Hanigan Double play when Barnes was on the mound. Sometimes when it's "your" year stuff like that happens. So let's hope it's an early sign that it will be the Sox year.
Thanks for Hernandez info. The Escobar scenario isn't relevant as we wouldn't lose any of those players who have options available. As far as a players OPS over 3 weeks of baseball I'm not too concerned about that when the player up would at most get one spot-start to give a regular a day off following a night game while possibly providing an extra positional body in late game strategy in others.
Owens sent down, O'Sullivan called up, according to the Herald. Sandoval moved to the 60-Day DL to make room on the 40-man.
Guess he is now!
Quoting this from the Panda thread. Who starts Monday/Tuesday then?
If the reason you're sending Owens down is that he walks too many people, both Elias and Johnson have higher walk rates and worse K/BB ratios in Pawtucket this year than Owens did. O'Sullivan is the only Paw Sox starter with considerably better numbers, and he's never been particularly good in the majors.
I'm agnostic about who takes the last one or two starts before EdRod is ready to come back.
That's usually always the case. If there is a disaster start, I imagine Cuevas would get the nod over Brian Johnson though. He's had 14bb in 21 innings and is recovering from an injury. In his last 3 starts, 11.2 ip, he has walked 11 batters. Elias has been just as bad. I'm not sure who the other option was. Owens, Cuevas, Johnson, O'Sullivan, Elias and?
The last of the five other options beyond O'Sullivan I was thinking about was strictly a bullpen option for the next few games, since Noe Ramirez also could have been called up today.
They are all crap shoots at this point however the way I read this is that O'Sully is up as a mop-up innings eater until he's used up and a fresh arm will be called up for the start in Owens place. It doesn't make sense otherwise to call up your starter 4 days in advance as it is a wasted roster spot over the weekend.
Light sent down yesterday, Hernandez called up.
I read your post and thought, I don't recall Pat Light getting called up after he was sent down. ESPN transactions agree that Light was sent down April 30 and yesterday, but don't list him as being called up in between. Sox Prospects doesn't list yesterday's Light/Hernandez transactions. Something is amiss.
How could you not?
Kimbrel with his wildness can be terrifying. 2013 Koji was incredibly efficient.
His surgery was on June 15, 2015. Twelve months is the typical recovery time. Since spring training, they've said he's not likely to be back until after the All Star game.
I think Koji 2013 is something like Wakefield 1995, a little bit of magic the universe hands you just so you know it's still the boss.
Ah, thanks. I had thought his surgery was Winter 2014 for some reason.
Or they might have a very specific plan for him to rebuild the strength/confidence in his arm, so he can be most effective down the stretch - and not right now when it seems like other parts of the pen are what need to shake out. He's thrown 9, 27 and 12 pitches in his three games - so it doesn't seem like he's on some cap, either. Not to mention: he's under control through 2020, and has proven to be an elite bullpen arm - why rush him at all? Just for the optics?
Bounce back, meaning pain? Or muscle fatigue?
"...comfortable with the outings I'm getting.." Again, is he talking about slowly working his way into game shape (I don't think so), or is he talking about an unhealed strain (I do think so).
Kyle Gibson was diagnosed with a flexor muscle strain in 2011 and ended up with Tommy John.
He's a LHH relief specialist with about 2 years MLB service time spread over 5 different seasons.
Not that these three appearances don't count, because obviously they do. But Kimbrel has been really good in all but 3 of his 22 appearances.
