If #BlueJays look to AAA for tomorrow's SP, Wednesday is Lucas Harrell's day.. but keep an eye on whether T.J. House make his start tonight.
Leonel Campos Up, Cesar Valdez To the DL
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Aug 8, 2017, 16:31 EDT
Starting pitching, we hardly knew ye.
Just as I was musing on Twitter about the possibility of Marco Estrada being a fit for the Mariners’ battered rotation, word came down from Shi Davidi that Leonel Campos had rejoined the Jays, meaning that someone else is headed to the disabled list. That someone, it turns out, is Cesar Valdez.
Uh… unless I have those two guys’ names switched around. Who can even keep the back of this Jays’ pitching staff straight anymore??!?!?
I joke, of course… y’know, about the Jays having a back half of their staff. HEYO!
The club is down to three starters for the time being, with Valdez (who had been taking Aaron Sanchez’s turn) now gone, and Francisco Liriano in Houston. Joe Biagini pitched in Buffalo last night — a “tepid” start says Sportsnet, which is kind of a weird fucking way to put it (Biagini hadn’t faced more than four batters in over two weeks, and went three-plus, allowing three hits and two earned runs, which both inherited runners that scored on Chris Rowley, who went walk-double-double after replacing Joe on the hill) — so he’s not quite ready to rejoin the club. And they’ll need someone, as Valdez was slated to take on the Yankees tomorrow night.
This season just keeps getting better and better, eh?
If Happ goes deep tonight, the #BlueJays do have a 9-man bullpen that can be used heavily tomorrow. But need a solution for 2 starts minimum
Other rotation options in AAA include Luis Santos (3.87 ERA in 88.1 innings), maybe Nick Tepesch. Oberholtzer started on Sunday.. #BlueJays
Borucki is scheduled to pitch for New Hampshire tomorrow and is already on the 40-man.
Not out of the question but jumping him that quickly (21 IP above +A) doesn't fit w/ the prospect advancement philosophy we've seen recently
Borucki is scheduled to pitch for New Hampshire tomorrow and is already on the 40-man.
Keegan’s right on that last front. Rushing Borucki into the big leagues just doesn’t seem like a thing this front office would do — though the last one, obviously, would have considered it pretty heavily, you’d figure. And I think that makes a lot of sense, frankly. No need to risk a guy making nice strides up the developmental ladder getting his ass handed to him because you didn’t feel like giving the ball to T.J. House, amiright?
So… yeah. Probably House or Harrell it is! (Shi tweets that John Gibbons says the decision is “still being finalized.”)
(Valdez has a shoulder impingement, I should probably add. Unless it’s Campos who does. Whichever one is hurt! It’s the same injury that I thought portended doom for poor Danny Barnes the other week, but he’s be given a clean bill of health and is now back up with the club — something one hopes will be the same for Valdez (or Campos! — whichever!). Perhaps “shoulder impingement” is now the Jays’ go-to label for “arm shittiness.” We’ll see I guess!).
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