No Braddock today, Capuano has an out clause
Tom Haudricourt with two notes:
- Since the team had to add Jonathan Lucroy to the roster today, the 40-man spot they were planning on using for Zach Braddock has been filled. He won't be called up today.
- In other notes, Chris Capuano has a clause in his contract that allows him to become a free agent if he's not added to the major league roster by May 29, a week from tomorrow.
- We're still awaiting word on the roster move regarding Carlos Gomez. UPDATE: McCalvy reports that Adam Stern is headed back to AAA.
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Lineup, per McCalvy
Rickie Weeks 2B
Carlos Gomez CF
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee DH
Corey Hart RF
Craig Counsell 3B
George Kottaras C
Alcides Escobar SS
I like having McGehee DH and putting CC at third, and I like Esky 9th, as a second leadoff guy; I’d flipflop CC and Gomez, though
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Lineup, Per Haudricout!
2B Joe Inglett
CF Carlos Gomez
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
DH Casey McGehee
RF Corey Hart
3B Craig Counsell
C George Kottaras
SS Alcides Escobar
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
Lineup, Per Random Excel Function:
LF Ryan Braun
CF Carlos Gomez
DH Casey McGehee
2B Inglett or Weeks
3B Craig Counsell
1B Prince Fielder
RF Corey Hart
SS Alcides Escobar
C George Kottaras
I especially like Fielder protecting Counsell in the lineup.
by ecocd on May 21, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
So much for Fielder-Braun
Was anyone else pleased to see a lefty reliever come in to face Fielder and then have to face Braun? I wish they would do that more often. Oh well.
The thing I don't get about the Braddock statement
To bring him up, even after putting him on the 40 man, they’d still need to clear someone off the 25 man roster.
If they were planning on DFA’ing someone, it would have cleared up both and Zaun’s injury wouldn’t have changed anything. If they were planning on sending someone to the DL, who and why?
Or is there something I’m missing.
Why hurry things, though?
They don’t need him up right now and given the rash of injuries, they vary well may have someone on the 25-man get injured and need to hit the 15-day DL.
maybe Doug just didn't want too many new bodies at once in the MLB clubhouse
although I don’t see why not – the old ones there weren’t getting it done
by PagsBrewCrew on May 21, 2010 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
The plan may have been to clear a space on the 40-man with Riske, and then sending Axford back down so that Braddock can be up for the series against the Twins and their lefties. That would probably mean it wasn’t a long-term stay for Braddock though, so maybe it’s a good thing they aren’t calling him up yet.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
Those 2 stories are related, I bet.
If they brought up Braddock now they have to clear a spot for him from the 40 and 25 man rosters, only to have to do the same thing 8 days from now for Capuano, which would either necessitate putting Braddock back down or clearing out someone else. Given his performances in his rehab starts thus far it’s pretty clear they’re going to do what they have to to keep Cappy around, and my guess is he won’t be so easily persuaded that he’s not ready after 2 more starts (barring an implosion), and I don’t think they want to yo-yo Braddock. Once he’s up, he’s staying up.
So Vargas/Suppan gets a reprieve from DFA for now, but I think it’ll be a brief one.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 21, 2010 4:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
If Cappy has two more good performances
then he deserves a chance against major league hitters.
The other option is to trade Capuano or Suppan/Vargas. It might be hard to find a taker for any of them, but it’s an option for DM.
Very astute observations TSSC.
Agreed.
I’d like to see Braddock in the bigs as much as anyone, but I don’t want to see him yo-yoed. And I think Capuano, if he keeps it up, deserves a shot.
by Cheeseandcorn on May 21, 2010 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't belong here, but I don't care
Roy Oswalt requested a trade. Apparently he just figured out he could do that.
I'm not arguing, I'm just offering a relentlessly contrarian point of view.
These are the Astros we're talking about
So they lose 88 games instead of 85 due to Oswalt’s trade. If they get value in return, there isn’t much reason to be altogether too wary about trading within the division.
even if they did, i dunno
he’s pitched well this year, but i think he’s about 33 and has a salary of $15M this year, $16M next year, and a 2012 option at $16M ($2M buyout). that feels expensive to me, but i’ll let one of the more stats-oriented guys do a projected value analysis.
besides, not sure what we’d give up for him.
by Capt Science on May 21, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Too expensive for me as well
e.g. he was only worth $13.8 million last season in terms of WAR, and given his age he’s probably only going to continue to decline. Though he has been great so far this season.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
You've just made the perfect case for why DM will find a way to get him
I don’t think there’s room on the payroll unless the Astros are willing to take Suppan, but if there’s an expensive and potentially bad contract out there, DM will sniff them out like a bloodhound.
Nah, Oswalt is still too good to peak Melvin’s interest. I expect a Kevin Millwood trade any minute though.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
He's a battler.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 21, 2010 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Then we'll just need a scrapper and we'll have the trifecta.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 21, 2010 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
"not sure what we'd give up for him"...
… too much, in all likelihood. That would be a lot easier to justify if it looked like we were a front of the rotation guy away from contending. I know one starter who comes in and finds a way to eat 8 inning a start has a way of cascading goodness all the way through the pen, but I’m not so sure that would be good enough for us to climb out of the hole we’ve dug that I’m interested in giving up the prospects they’re going to want for him. Assuming we have any they’re even interested in.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 21, 2010 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I like the Capuano story
But if he isn’t on the major league roster by May 29 and opts out…so what?
Failure is just success rounded down.
Good luck with that
I don’t think he’s worth jumbling the roster even more, but YMMV.
Failure is just success rounded down.
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