July 31, 200817 yr Who is your pick if Ozzie stays with 12 pitchers? I'm going with Link (1), Rodriguez (2), and my dark horse is Poreda.
July 31, 200817 yr Author I guess if Jose comes back Richard could stay up and take over at LR. That's a real possibility too.
July 31, 200817 yr DJ Carrasco. I'd say our pen looks something like this once they get healthy... LR Carrasco MR 1 Dotel (7th inning man) MR 2 Thornton MR 3 Wasserman LOOGY Logan SU Linebrink CL Jenks
July 31, 200817 yr Author QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 03:28 PM) Carrasco Don't you think he's pretty much earned himself a set-up type role though? I kind of do. The Sox really seem to like him. I think they'll end up using him a lot more than they used Masset.
July 31, 200817 yr QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 04:31 PM) Don't you think he's pretty much earned himself a set-up type role though? I kind of do. The Sox really seem to like him. I think they'll end up using him a lot more than they used Masset. In 13 innings? He's barely earned himself a spot on the roster. Unless there's no one else available I don't want him up in those situations.
July 31, 200817 yr QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 01:31 PM) Don't you think he's pretty much earned himself a set-up type role though? I kind of do. The Sox really seem to like him. I think they'll end up using him a lot more than they used Masset. I think they were using Masset pretty well until he started imploding at around the time they tried to increase his usage.
July 31, 200817 yr QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 04:31 PM) Don't you think he's pretty much earned himself a set-up type role though? I kind of do. The Sox really seem to like him. I think they'll end up using him a lot more than they used Masset. nah, he's a long man. Jose and Liney take Richard and Masset's spots on the 25 man.
July 31, 200817 yr I'd prefere Ozzie to go with 11 pitchers, then we could keep both Wise and Anderson up.
July 31, 200817 yr QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) I'd prefere Ozzie to go with 11 pitchers, then we could keep both Wise and Anderson up. Why? They will rarely play. And I mean rarely.
August 1, 200817 yr QUOTE (Maxwell @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 06:50 PM) Why? They will rarely play. And I mean rarely. Anderson the best outfielder defensively on the team and Wise brings speed off the bench.
August 1, 200817 yr Macdougal? He's piched well as of late, won't be used much and of course is getting paid a couple mil by Reinsdorf
August 1, 200817 yr Richard should stay up to be the lefty that replaces logan. Carrasco and wass stay til liney comes back and whoever is doing worse out of those 2 goes down.
August 1, 200817 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) I think they were using Masset pretty well until he started imploding at around the time they tried to increase his usage. Which should have been a dead giveaway in hindsight that he wasn't long for Chicago. They tried both years he was up here to get him into a bigger role and he fell down on the job both times.
August 1, 200817 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 31, 2008 -> 03:45 PM) nah, he's a long man. Jose and Liney take Richard and Masset's spots on the 25 man. Agree, in the long term. But there is still the question of what happens between now and the time that Linebrink returns. Do they just go with one less in the pen until then, with Griffey taking Masset's roster spot? Or do they call someone up (Childers, MacDougal, Russell, whomever) in the short term? And for those who keep saying that MacD has been doing well lately, I am not sure where you get that idea. His last 10 appearances, he has a 5.40 ERA, a 1.97 WHIP. His Avg Against in June-July is .297, and his OBP Against is .391. He's not doing any better, he's the same MacDougal he's been all season. If we call someone up for a week or two before Liney is ready, I'd like to see Childers, or Russell again.
August 1, 200817 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2008 -> 04:33 AM) Which should have been a dead giveaway in hindsight that he wasn't long for Chicago. They tried both years he was up here to get him into a bigger role and he fell down on the job both times. True...but he was out of options and who would have thought some other team would be interested in him?
August 1, 200817 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) True...but he was out of options and who would have thought some other team would be interested in him? People are always interested in young pitchers...
August 1, 200817 yr Basically it is a question only until September 1. There could DL shuffles all the way until that date. Seems like there are a couple candidates.
August 1, 200817 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 1, 2008 -> 09:45 AM) True...but he was out of options and who would have thought some other team would be interested in him? Very true. Remember back to spring training when everyone wanted Wasserman to come north with the team, even if it meant releasing Masset. And how ticked off people were that it seemed Massett was only on the roster because of the options situation. Who would've thunk back then, that he would be part of a trade bringing Ken Griffey to the southside? I think people would've been happy to get Griffey's baseball card for Masset back then.
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