Mark DiFelice to Bereavement List; Chris Smith to Milwaukee

The Brewers will have to place one of their injured players (David Riske or Rickie Weeks) on the 60-day DL to free up a 40-man roster spot.

5 months ago TheJay 11 comments 0 recs |

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So what I said in my ill-fated fanpost… Smith is k-ing 10 per 9 and walking 1 at AAA, I would immediately trust him in some higher leverage situations.

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on Jun 3, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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BCB is Chris Smith central in the last half hour.

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on Jun 3, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely agreed.

I was looking him up on MiLSplits last night and damn is he putting up some numbers.

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by Jack Moore on Jun 4, 2009 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Same here...

As I wrote on the Corey Hart thread a few days ago,

Chris Smith sure looks like he could step into the setup role for either [DiFelice or McClung]

Of course, that was then predicated on one of those guys moving into the rotation, not to the bereavement list. That said though, with DiFelice not returning until after the weekend, it’ll be interesting what the corresponding roster move will turn out to be – I guess Parra gets one last shot to right the ship on Sunday, and if he blows up again, Smith will presumably get to stay on the 25-man roster for a bit longer than just this week. (Or Burns could go back down even if Parra stays, though I suspect they’ll like having an exclusive long reliever available.)

by Zeyes on Jun 4, 2009 5:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow talk about timing

I ask why he isnt up and 30 minutes later we find out he is

Ring Out Ahoya!

by bleedbluegold03 on Jun 3, 2009 10:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is why it's okay to leave multiple spots on the 40-man open

You never know when the two or three waiver claims you just made will get in the way of two other guys you need added to the 40-man ASAP.

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by TheJay on Jun 4, 2009 5:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

exactly

With that in mind, why can’t both Weeks and Riske be put on the 60 day DL?

by KDean75 on Jun 4, 2009 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Roster rules are so crazy

Maybe they’re both on the trading block as we near the trade deadline and there’s some weird rule about trading players on the DL. Not that any team in their right mind would take a player on the DL for the season, but you never know.

by ecocd on Jun 4, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well...there is this crazy roster rule

The K-Rod loophole
also here

as I understand it, if someone gets placed on the 60-day DL as the playoffs approach, anyone in the organization before the cutoff day (possibly playing the same position, possibly not, depending on your interpretation of the rules) can fill in for the person placed on the DL. If you place them on the DL right now, their slots on the 40-man will likely be filled immediately with someone else from the organization, giving you less flexibility if/when we do make the playoffs. If we keep them on the 15-day DL, we can convert them to the 60-day DL after the roster cutoff date, making it eligible for us to add anyone to the 40-man or 25-man after that date and still allow us to use them in the playoffs.

by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 4, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so...basically, keeping Weeks and Riske both off the 60-day for now

would allow us to add an infielder to replace weeks (maybe that’s why Laurie, Escobar, and seemingly 20 other individuals are getting starts at second base right now). Or a pitcher to replace Riske, from any level, whether on the 40-man or not.

by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 4, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The commissioner's office has to approve trades for injured players, I think

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by TheJay on Jun 4, 2009 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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