Bob Sacamano

I don't think teams normally do MRIs or medical reviews of players before calling them up.

Exactly.

I was going to say, it would probably happen quickly. He makes about the same amount of starts to finish the year at AAA hypothetically, goes through off-season regime and realizes his arm hurts.

Yeah they'll definitely have a veteran in there.

It would just be a foul ball.

I was going to say, he's great both ways.

It's no different than guys selling getting hit by pitches or OF trapping balls on diving plays (doesn't happen anymore due to replay though). This is something that someone should have been watching in the clubhouse and deciding that they should review.

What are the chances another ball would be right there haha

Yeah despite not looking like a short stop, Uribe was a good defender.

Let's just all be thankful they didn't hand him an extension after one good year. Thank God.

Do people actually think Avi will get non-tendered? I don't see it personally (though I wouldn't be opposed to it).

The Red Sox were also in a position to win where calling up those guys that season made sense. So they really aren't a good example of a team in the White Sox position.

You figure a 4-man bench would be a catcher (probably Narvaez), Sanchez (if they improve at 3B), Engel (if no one is signed and they let Cordell prove himself every day next year), and then you have an extra spot. Keeping all 3 into next season likely means Palka is the DH, Davidson as a backup 1B/3B and platoon DH, and Delmonico in LF (also assuming Garcia is here). Once Eloy comes up, they would have to decide who they would want here out of those 3. I would think Nicky would be the odd-man out. I do think they will shop all 3 and trade whichever one has the best offer.

Especially the fact he is left-handed. Guy definitely needs to DH to open next year. Delmonico can play LF (for like 2 weeks) until Eloy comes up and then he can move into a bench role spelling the corner IF spots and LF every once in a while.

And then the addition of Abreu and Leury after their DL stints...well maybe Leury.

They could always buy out his option and then re-sign him at the $14 mill as a work around. That way Hamels still gets his $20m. He's been pitching well enough and still just 34 so I think he can land 2-3 year deal with some NL team. Maybe the Phillies look into bringing him back.

Vlad is 19 with less than what, 2 years of pro ball experience? Plus, isn't he a bad defender at 3B? Plenty of reasons to keep him down.

They already tried negotiating an extension with him. I'm sure it would've only been for the next 7 years and he would have been up this season. I have a feeling he wants to go season to season in arb years. Something tells me this is part of why they are keeping him down. Gotta get all 7 years out of him.

haha I knew what you meant. Like a brief call up to evaluate what they have in him before needing to trim fat in the off-season.

How many days into the season does it have to be, 11 days is it? I thought that's what it was for Bryant. I remember telling my Cubs fans friends that out of the 11 days, they only had 9 games that Bryant would miss. And one was actually PPD so they only missed him the first 8 games I think it was. I do think they waited a few more days and they didn't call him up right after.

Um no?

I guess they figured his value to the young pitchers outweighed what they would receive in a trade which wouldn't have been much.

It's not a bad idea to get extra at bats.

Then I have no issue with what they are doing. They tried. Plan on milking him for the 7 years and hope he changes his tune at some point about extending.

Sign him to a one year pillow deal after their plan to talk Machado into taking less money than the most offered fails.