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What's the problem with this?

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Now seems the ideal time for a contending team to sign Barry Bonds.  You could basically make the addition without having to juggle any roster spots.  Sign him, place him on the 15 day DL and send him to AAA for a rehab assignment.  You let your AAA club deal with the media circus while getting an idea what Bonds can do.  If he looks like a 44 year old who hasn't picked up a bat in a year you cut him and are done with it.  If he looks like he can still hit, by the time he is eligible to come off the DL rosters are expanded to 40 so you just have to make room on the 40 man roster and the initial media feeding frenzy has subsided.  It will be a two day story when he is activated to the big league club, but not much beyond that.  Also because he would be on the DL as of August 31st he would be eligible for the post-season roster.

I have to be missing something.

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The bullpen needs some time off

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Team Aggregate Stats: 2008
RK TEAM GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
1 Texas 114 24 21 4.99 29 0 0 425.2 431 236 256 206 314 .265
2 Pittsburgh 113 26 19 4.44 26 0 0 409.1 417 202 210 186 285 .266
3 Florida 116 23 16 3.67 25 0 0 394.1 348 161 179 195 335 .235
4 Cincinnati 117 16 15 3.54 22 0 0 391.2 389 154 179 155 348 .258
5 San Diego 114 15 26 4.48 24 0 0 385.2 403 192 207 152 306 .271
6 NY Yankees 115 17 14 3.73 30 0 0 383.2 330 159 162 151 370 .232
7 Washington 114 19 20 4.14 21 0 0 382.1 350 176 190 175 315 .245
8 Seattle 113 18 20 3.62 23 0 0 380.1 343 153 171 179 333 .240
9 Colorado 115 14 18 4.14 26 0 0 380.0 374 175 195 145 305 .258
10 Baltimore 112 16 19 3.71 33 0 0 378.2 354 156 177 199 277 .253
RK TEAM GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
11 Atlanta 114 12 18 3.94 17 0 0 377.1 332 165 192 156 313 .237
12 St. Louis 116 19 25 4.19 31 0 0 375.2 389 175 183 179 280 .269
13 Houston 115 20 22 4.12 31 0 0 371.1 355 170 185 148 290 .251
14 LA Dodgers 111 21 14 3.04 26 0 0 370.2 327 125 137 129 347 .236
15 NY Mets 114 17 18 4.21 29 0 0 361.2 341 169 189 141 304 .248
16 Kansas City 114 14 15 4.07 33 0 0 358.1 330 162 180 132 294 .245
17 Chicago Cubs 115 22 16 3.92 33 0 0 353.1 326 154 170 128 339 .244
18 San Francisco 113 14 23 4.24 32 0 0 352.2 344 166 190 161 293 .255
19 Detroit 114 17 19 4.19 23 0 0 352.0 347 164 177 189 245 .260
20 Minnesota 110 19 14 3.91 33 0 0 345.0 351 150 165 121 268 .263
RK TEAM GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
21 Philadelphia 113 25 16 3.16 32 0 0 342.0 318 120 135 160 279 .248
22 Oakland 111 15 16 3.29 21 0 0 339.1 290 124 131 139 278 .234
23 Arizona 112 10 18 4.07 27 0 0 331.2 317 150 167 120 278 .250
24 Tampa Bay 109 20 11 3.39 35 0 0 329.2 256 124 134 151 283 .214
25 Milwaukee 109 21 16 4.00 38 0 0 326.0 309 145 165 154 270 .250
26 Boston 111 17 16 3.66 35 0 0 324.2 296 132 149 141 280 .243
27 Chicago Sox 111 20 12 3.41 27 0 0 314.1 291 119 140 110 288 .244
28 Cleveland 107 9 21 5.23 19 0 0 311.1 341 181 188 123 255 .277
29 Toronto 107 10 18 2.95 32 0 0 308.0 260 101 106 133 266 .229
30 LA Angels 109 14 13 3.80 47 0 0 294.0 286 124 144 113 240 .254
LEAGUE AVERAGES GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
American League 111 16 16 3.85 30 0 0 346 322 149 163 149 285 .247
National League 114 18 19 3.96 28 0 0 369 352 162 180 155 305 .251
Major League Baseball 113 17 18 3.91 29 0 0 358 338 156 172 152 296 .249

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Ned, please CC your way to easing the strain on this bullpen

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Team Aggregate Stats: 2008
RK TEAM GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
1 Pittsburgh 100 24 16 4.47 23 0 0 362.1 372 180 188 164 253 .266
2 Florida 101 20 14 3.80 20 0 0 348.0 313 147 165 177 295 .238
3 Washington 100 18 19 4.31 18 0 0 342.2 328 164 177 161 284 .254
4 San Diego 100 15 22 4.53 18 0 0 342.0 357 172 185 135 276 .270
5 Cincinnati 103 16 13 3.53 21 0 0 339.1 332 133 154 139 308 .255
6 Colorado 100 12 16 4.22 22 0 0 332.2 327 156 172 125 263 .259
7 Atlanta 99 11 15 3.47 15 0 0 329.2 278 127 148 139 269 .229
8 LA Dodgers 98 20 12 3.15 20 0 0 329.0 301 115 127 114 308 .244
9 Houston 101 16 20 4.23 27 0 0 325.1 318 153 167 136 251 .255
10 NY Mets 101 15 14 3.95 25 0 0 321.1 292 141 161 124 267 .241
RK TEAM GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
11 St. Louis 101 15 22 4.23 28 0 0 321.1 331 151 158 146 245 .268
12 San Francisco 100 13 22 4.23 27 0 0 314.2 308 148 169 148 256 .256
13 Chicago Cubs 100 17 14 4.06 29 0 0 308.0 296 139 154 112 281 .252
14 Philadelphia 99 22 14 2.79 26 0 0 296.2 266 92 103 131 254 .240
15 Milwaukee 95 19 15 4.10 34 0 0 292.0 275 133 151 137 246 .248
16 Arizona 98 10 18 4.10 23 0 0 291.2 276 133 149 110 239 .248
LEAGUE AVERAGES GP W L ERA Sv CG SHO IP H ER R BB SO BAA
American League 97 15 15 3.84 27 0 0 301 279 129 140 131 249 .246
National League 100 16 17 3.95 24 0 0 325 311 143 158 137 268 .251
Major League Baseball 99 16 16 3.90 25 0 0 313 296 136 150 134 260 .249

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The Unified Theory of Grit

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The UTG is based off a simple measure, the Kendall Unit of Grit(KUG) which is the amount of grit that Jason Kendall emits while at rest, ie mowing the yard, getting his hair cut or just normal everyday stuff.  He is the basis because his grit ranking is the highest in recorded history for at rest measurements.  There are rumors that their is another being that can emit more grit, the Ecksteinosaurus, but this has never been verified.  The closest we have ever come to the Eckstenosaurus in captivity is the Davidecksteinosaurus which is its smaller cousin.  While impressive in its own right, the Davidecksteinosaurus is only capable of about .85 KUGs.  It has been extrapolated that a full grown Eckstein could be capable of 1.3-1.4 KUGs, but for right now that is just idle speculation.

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The Bataan Death March of reliever usage continues

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How can these guys be expected to continue at this pace?  Some brave soul should stop Julian Tavares before he leaves town.  Surely he will be needed after we grind through the other pitchers on the 40 man roster.

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Will someone please do something about this overworked bullpen?

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They just can't keep this pace up all season.  It's just inhumane that these guys be worked this much.  There are still TWO bullpens in the NL who have been used less than the Brewers'.

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That overused Brewer bullpen

Tiny by Getting Yosted on

Or not.  12th in the NL in innings pitched, 5 1/3 innings under league average. 

Good thing we've got those professional journalists with all that access to sources providing us with the straight story, as opposed to those shiftless bloggers who don't know nothing spouting rumor and supposition. 

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