Reyes to 15 day DL, Jonathan Diaz called up

[Convo]

I don't get how Diaz would be called up over Kawa... this makes no sense. Kawa does everything right and as a bonus the fans love him.

[ElNik2013]

When somebody posted that he was starting at short in Montreal I thought wow. The training staff should have been on this. That's part of the managers crew. If they said he was fine then fire them. This is last year all over.

 

 

I have to think Gibbons/AA was told he was fine. The thing is, we know they rushed Lawrie last season and even Reyes wasn't 100% when he came back, you could see him limp from time to time.

 

When do the minor league teams begin their seasons again?

[G-Snarls]

[G-Snarls]

I have to think Gibbons/AA was told he was fine. The thing is, we know they rushed Lawrie last season and even Reyes wasn't 100% when he came back, you could see him limp from time to time.

 

When do the minor league teams begin their seasons again?

 

Yesh I liked the DH in Montreal plan better

[KingKat]

I don't really get the big deal with Reyes playing in Montreal. It was an occasion for Reyes to test the hamstring and make sure he could handle game action and turf action and he looked fine and passed the test. If he hadn't, they would have known to start the season with him on the DL. By a weird quirk of timing he pulled up lame on his first AB of the season. If he skips Montreal and pulls up lame in the third TB game is that any better?

 

Using stuff like WBC or the Montreal games as excuses just obscures the real issues with the roster construction of this team. The team has a left side of the infield that's pretty much a lock to miss significant time every year and they have not constructed a bench that can deal with it. That's the problem. Not the trainer, not the manager, not the coaches. The general manager is the issue.

[The_DH]

Yesh I liked the DH in Montreal plan better

 

To be honest he should have played against the minors to test it out and if possible the dl could be backdated. Not now because some idiots had to look big in Montreal. Management and training staff are repeating last year.

[KingKat]

To be honest he should have played against the minors to test it out and if possible the dl could be backdated. Not now because some idiots had to look big in Montreal. Management and training staff are repeating last year.

 

Pretty much a moot point since he would have started the season in TB regardless.

[ElNik2013]

I don't really get the big deal with Reyes playing in Montreal. It was an occasion for Reyes to test the hamstring and make sure he could handle game action and turf action and he looked fine and passed the test. If he hadn't, they would have known to start the season with him on the DL. By a weird quirk of timing he pulled up lame on his first AB of the season. If he skips Montreal and pulls up lame in the third TB game is that any better?

 

Using stuff like WBC or the Montreal games as excuses just obscures the real issues with the roster construction of this team. The team has a left side of the infield that's pretty much a lock to miss significant time every year and they have not constructed a bench that can deal with it. That's the problem. Not the trainer, not the manager, not the coaches. The general manager is the issue.

 

 

The thing is, Reyes said it was still tight in MTL, but he played through it. He also said he didn't get to test it out because he didn't get on base and didn't really have to run.

 

Agreed that the bigger issue is the roster construction, but the fact that they keep rushing guys back from injuries is another reason to get pissed off.

[Spoonovic]

What a joke.

[The_DH]

A couple of extra days may have helped. Couldn't have hurt.

[over500]

No depth at all. How is Jonathan f***ing Diaz your first call up?

[The_DH]

There might be a reason for Diaz. He is supposed to be good defensively and he will have to be outrighted when Reyes comes back. Maybe they promised him first shot as well.

[KingKat]

 

Agreed that the bigger issue is the roster construction, but the fact that they keep rushing guys back from injuries is another reason to get pissed off.

 

 

Maybe but I don't really see what difference it makes. They could have held him back and had him play in the minors but he probably still starts the season in TB because it wasn't major and he felt he could play through it. Maybe he would have run more in the minors and maybe he would been forced to the DL then instead of now but so what. If the problem is that they rush guys back from injures, losing the possiblity to backdate the DL is probably a blessing in disguise.

 

Reyes was bound to miss time sooner or later. It just so happens it's now and not later. That's just no a big deal to me. We all saw this coming. Most of us wanted AA to do something about it and he didn't. That's the only issue. Constantly second guessing the handling of a player who is bound to get injured anyways is completely futile.

[Ziggyy108]

This team was set up for failure.

[The_DH]

Jethro and the Gyro definitely have some explaining to do.

[wilko]

Clusterf*** of terrible options at SS again. Just wait until a SP goes down. God damnit AA.

[Stangstag]

I don't really get the big deal with Reyes playing in Montreal. It was an occasion for Reyes to test the hamstring and make sure he could handle game action and turf action and he looked fine and passed the test. If he hadn't, they would have known to start the season with him on the DL. By a weird quirk of timing he pulled up lame on his first AB of the season. If he skips Montreal and pulls up lame in the third TB game is that any better?

 

Using stuff like WBC or the Montreal games as excuses just obscures the real issues with the roster construction of this team. The team has a left side of the infield that's pretty much a lock to miss significant time every year and they have not constructed a bench that can deal with it. That's the problem. Not the trainer, not the manager, not the coaches. The general manager is the issue.

 

He should have been shut down for 2 weeks when he first sustained the injury.

[Anemic0ffense]

Sleep well everyone! Know that your favorite team's middle IF is now Diaz/Goins in game #2...

 

Seriously, no suicides people. Even though I don't know you all personally, I don't wanna see that. Man, I can barely keep the donut I just ate in my stomach after thinking about how f***ing poorly run this org is. Sickening.

[Horses Fart]

Reyes has been a f*** since he got here! B R U T A L

[Stangstag]

How do you not sign Drew right now? I don't get how you can actually look at your roster and say, "Yes, Diaz is the right move here." This Greek moron is too busy eating his Greek food to even know what's going on.

 

He probably thinks Reyes will come back in 2 weeks and WONT get injured again.

 

I personally think we should sign Drew to a multi-year deal and dump Reyes and his contract this upcoming offseason. Reyes will be getting 20 million per year for 3 more years, and his injuries are likely to get worse as he gets older.

[gruber92]

Diaz to start a SS ad per Wilner on the Fan 590. AA is going for am all defensive team up the middle. Well, Diaz does have pretty impressive OBP skills is a large SS in the minors. He does have a lot of versatility, so let's see what happens. Wilner also says Drew is nowhere near worth the money he is asking.

[jaysfan2014]

Don't bet on it for the Royals. Detroit is going to win that division, and the competition in the AL East and AL West won't allow it.

[jaysfan2014]

Regarding Drew, that's not a surprise. No way he should be getting big money when he has ankle issues and may be as fragile or moreso than Reyes. Boras really screwed up here.. it's April 1st and he's still unsigned.

[gruber92]

Yup. Unreal he didn't except the Red Sox QO.

[Atothe]

Guys what you seem to forget is that Reyes is injury prone. If it wasn't the hamstring it would have been something else. He has to take it easier and age gracefully like jeter. No more stealing bases, no more running out outs.

[TheHurl]

Don't bet on it for the Royals. Detroit is going to win that division, and the competition in the AL East and AL West won't allow it.

 

I have the wildcard as a competition between Detroit, KC, Texas, Boston...and I could see Texas being a complete bust. I think the AL Central has the talent to be the class of the AL really soon. Unfortunately they have a collection of GM's that are among the worst.

[o2cui2i]

Diaz to start a SS ad per Wilner on the Fan 590. AA is going for am all defensive team up the middle. Well, Diaz does have pretty impressive OBP skills is a large SS in the minors. He does have a lot of versatility, so let's see what happens. Wilner also says Drew is nowhere near worth the money he is asking.

 

Diaz plays 2nd, 3rd, SS and all 3 outfield positions. he's about as versatile as you can get.

[G-Snarls]

[The Cats Ass]

Diaz is not better than Kawasaki. f***ing Christ. 1 game and I'm despaired as f***.

 

Diaz played for the Red Sox last year. He's a born winner!

[LunchBox]

I don't really get the big deal with Reyes playing in Montreal. It was an occasion for Reyes to test the hamstring and make sure he could handle game action and turf action and he looked fine and passed the test. If he hadn't, they would have known to start the season with him on the DL. By a weird quirk of timing he pulled up lame on his first AB of the season. If he skips Montreal and pulls up lame in the third TB game is that any better?

 

Using stuff like WBC or the Montreal games as excuses just obscures the real issues with the roster construction of this team. The team has a left side of the infield that's pretty much a lock to miss significant time every year and they have not constructed a bench that can deal with it. That's the problem. Not the trainer, not the manager, not the coaches. The general manager is the issue.

 

I'm not prepared to rule out the possibility that Reyes aggravated the injury playing in Montreal and the front office tried to cover it up by having him take a single AB in TB.