Yeah, looks like whichever two of Pannone, Thornton and SRF doesn’t get Borucki’s rotation spot will go to the pen. And if Adams makes it too, that leaves the bench at Maile, McKinney/Hernandez platoon, and one of Urena/Sogard.
Surprised about this given the state of the bullpen. Multiple optionable inferior arms are going to make the team. As you say, maybe they want him to start.
Eugene Melnyk goes on Toronto radio (he's boycotted Ottawa media) and states, among other things:
- the Lebreton deal is dead
- Kanata is a perfectly suitable location for the arena
- that the fans in Ottawa who are complaining aren't 'real fans'
- that the team has had a 'great record' over the last 15-16 years
- that the team is doing more than most teams for their fans
- that the city's best sports reporter (Ian Mendes) is bush league
- that Toronto's rebuild was unsuccessful
- that the mayor of Ottawa 'had better be careful about the comments he makes'
The gong show in Ottawa continues.
2-4 weeks with a sprained ankle. We're actually completely out of outfielders on the 40-man after Alford:
CF - Pillar
RF - Grichuk
LF - Hernandez/McKinney
bench - Hernandez/McKinney
AAA - Alford
Pompey - concussed
Davis - sprained ankle
Jim, this is why it's dumb to trade Pillar for international bonus money. We are the opposite of flush with outfielders.
So what are we even looking at now as far as the pen is concerned?
Locks
Giles
Mayza
Biagini
IL
Tepera
Phelps
Norris
Merryweather
So we're looking at 4-5 of Luciano/Gaviglio/Paulino/Pannone/Thornton/Waguespack/Murphy
I hope everyone complaining about our prospects being 'blocked' by veterans is taking note of what's gone on here. Borucki is on the team. Urena is on the team. Jonathan Davis might even be on the team. Two of the guys who would have been ticketed to provide rotation depth at AAA will be on the team. We're like 1-2 injuries away from rostering complete non-prospects on the 40-man just to field a full roster.
99.9% of time when fans are complaining in March that their favourite prospect is blocked, that prospect is not and never actually will be blocked.
Honestly Pompey is like the guy at work who complains that the air is too dry and that he gets headaches because the lights have too much glare. Nobody respects that guy.