Deck Mcguire traded to the A's for Cash

[TheHurl]

Seems like they have him pitching as a reliever.

 

If only someone had suggested that here.

[KingKat]

Seems like they have him pitching as a reliever.

 

No need to try him as a starter when the Jays already did that for you.

[TheHurl]

No need to try him as a starter when the Jays already did that for you.

 

this is still a guy who from the start of the season had a 20/63 BB/K ratio (over 73 IP) this year between double AA and AAA (with a 2.81 ERA), He had that game against Toledo where he walked 1 and struck out 10 over 7 and then after that the wheels fell off (20BB/22K over the next 35 and a third). You can look at this two ways either his true talent came through in the past month and a bit...or the real healthy Deck at the start of the season gives you hope that he's capable of being a back end starter with good games here and there. Either way he's admittedly not your typical convert to a reliever type (doesn't throw smoke, isn't a lefty) but as I said when they DFA'd him...why not give him a try there.

[KingKat]

this is still a guy who from the start of the season had a 20/63 BB/K ratio (over 73 IP) this year between double AA and AAA (with a 2.81 ERA), He had that game against Toledo where he walked 1 and struck out 10 over 7 and then after that the wheels fell off (20BB/22K over the next 35 and a third). You can look at this two ways either his true talent came through in the past month and a bit...or the real healthy Deck at the start of the season gives you hope that he's capable of being a back end starter with good games here and there. Either way he's admittedly not your typical convert to a reliever type (doesn't throw smoke, isn't a lefty) but as I said when they DFA'd him...why not give him a try there.

 

Well that helps explain why the Jays DIDN'T try him as a reliever.

[TheHurl]

Well that helps explain why the Jays DIDN'T try him as a reliever.

 

Sorry I thought this was well known. The Jays didn't try him as a reliever because they are like casual fans and if a pitcher is horrible for a month and a half (unless he is one of their scouting favourites...Sanchez, Romero) they dump him. They really do use SSS's like this.