Gio currently leads the Minors with 185 strikeouts, 12 clear of Montgomery Biscuits' starter Jacob McGee.

 

Nobody has more than one start left, but will the playoffs count towards the MiLB strikeout crown? (Not that I think there's an actual award, it'd just be a nice distinction for Gio).

Gio currently leads the Minors with 185 strikeouts, 12 clear of Montgomery Biscuits' starter Jacob McGee.

 

Nobody has more than one start left, but will the playoffs count towards the MiLB strikeout crown? (Not that I think there's an actual award, it'd just be a nice distinction for Gio).

That is pretty awesome for a 21 year old in AA. BTW, Egbert is pretty high up on the K-leader list too with 162.

Its entirely possible that Gio could be in the 2008 rotation. Think about this - what if he trades both Contreras AND Garland? That leaves you MB, Javier, Danks and 2 open slots. Even if Floyd gets one (which is no guarantee), I'd have to think that Gio is going to be seriously considered for the other slot (along with Masset, Haeger, and possibly Sisco).

 

Its entirely possible that Gio could be in the 2008 rotation. Think about this - what if he trades both Contreras AND Garland? That leaves you MB, Javier, Danks and 2 open slots. Even if Floyd gets one (which is no guarantee), I'd have to think that Gio is going to be seriously considered for the other slot (along with Masset, Haeger, and possibly Sisco).

IMO...if the team still likes what they have in Floyd, and I think they do...they will probably attempt to move 1 guy. My money says they'll keep trying to move Jose, fail to do so utterly, and move Garland around X-Mas as with last year, hopefully bringing back someone who can play SS.

 

You leave one open spot, and you do so with this thinking; you pencil Floyd in, but think that if he really sucks in the Spring and someone else looks an awful lot better, then you consider the other person. The goal should be to start Gio in AAA next year. If you start with Floyd, or Broadway, or Haeger in the rotation, and they spend a month or two being lit up, then it's either Gio time or time for one of the other guys (If Gio struggles a little).

 

I'd really prefer to give Gio at least a few starts at AAA before we bring him up.

IMO...if the team still likes what they have in Floyd, and I think they do...they will probably attempt to move 1 guy. My money says they'll keep trying to move Jose, fail to do so utterly, and move Garland around X-Mas as with last year, hopefully bringing back someone who can play SS.

 

You leave one open spot, and you do so with this thinking; you pencil Floyd in, but think that if he really sucks in the Spring and someone else looks an awful lot better, then you consider the other person. The goal should be to start Gio in AAA next year. If you start with Floyd, or Broadway, or Haeger in the rotation, and they spend a month or two being lit up, then it's either Gio time or time for one of the other guys (If Gio struggles a little).

 

I'd really prefer to give Gio at least a few starts at AAA before we bring him up.

If they only move one starter, that all makes sense. We'll see if that is what they do.

 

If they only move one starter, that all makes sense. We'll see if that is what they do.

If they move a second starter, I still say it will have to be either Javy or Danks, because I view Jose as an immovable object.

If they move a second starter, I still say it will have to be either Javy or Danks, because I view Jose as an immovable object.

This next month will dictate, to an extent, whether or not Jose can be moved. I think if he has a few decent starts, that he can and will be moved. They may not get much more than a prospect or two for him and still have to pay some salary though, or involve him somehow in a larger trade for another high salary player.