August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:06 PM) Anyone still think we win this division? Aside from Greg Hibbard? Imagine if something like this were to happen to Justin Verlander.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:07 PM) Imagine if something like this were to happen to Justin Verlander. Well we're under .500 on August 19th and suck at home. Our starting rotation is beginning to falter too, with or without Humber. Plus, we still have too many holes on offense.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:06 PM) Anyone still think we win this division? Aside from Greg Hibbard? I didn't think we could win this division even before this happened. I don't think this is necessarily the proverbial nail in the coffin, but the hammer has been picked up.
August 19, 201114 yr Author QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:10 PM) Is there any chance this is the 7-day Concussion DL? The injury is for "facial contusion". I thought the same thing, but they probably need a true concussion diagnosis to use the 7-day.
August 19, 201114 yr MDGonzales Mark Gonzales Humber on DL, Josh Kinney promoted. Sounds like Stewart will start Wednesday at LA Angels but nothing official
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (flavum @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 03:11 PM) The injury is for "facial contusion". I thought the same thing, but they probably need a true concussion diagnosis to use the 7-day. I'm sure if they're DLing him for a hit to the head, they'd let you get away with the vaguest concussion symptoms.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:09 PM) Well we're under .500 on August 19th and suck at home. Our starting rotation is beginning to falter too, with or without Humber. Plus, we still have too many holes on offense. I was just thinking out loud. Not ruling anything out at this point, but it's still baseball. Anything can happen when you're within a handful of games. Definitely need to go on some sort of extended run though.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 08:06 PM) Anyone still think we win this division? Aside from Greg Hibbard? No. This team has never been in contention. It has not once since the first week or so acted as if it was playing for anything. Certainly you agree with me on that.
August 19, 201114 yr The team is better with Stewart in the rotation than 2nd half Humber anyway. Not that it matters.
August 19, 201114 yr I really don't have any faith in this team, but Humber being put on the DL isn't really a nail in the coffin. Stewart has been getting the job done.
August 19, 201114 yr Just happy Stewart get a bit of an extended look for next season. We're not winning the division so might as well see what we have in Zach.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 01:28 PM) Why not Reed, Infante, or Lindsay? Well we're all in so why would we want to call up one of our better options? Wait..what?
August 19, 201114 yr I follow our minors through this site and never recall hearing the name Josh Kinney.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 03:32 PM) I follow our minors through this site and never recall hearing the name Josh Kinney. Kinney was minor league DFA fodder from the Cardinals signed back in January. He's 31, pitched a few seasons ago for the Cards.
August 19, 201114 yr Author Kinney's got that valuable World Series experience that we're going to need later on.
August 19, 201114 yr Can we stop calling up the "experienced" Kinneys and Bruneys and instead just bring up Reed, Infante, or Lindsay?
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 02:58 PM) Can we stop calling up the "experienced" Kinneys and Bruneys and instead just bring up Reed, Infante, or Lindsay? The Sox do actually have a number of intriguing relievers to pull up, but keep a few things in mind... --Lindsay, while talented, still struggles mightily with his control. Look at his peripherals. They may not think he's ready for patient MLB hitters. --Reed, if they wait another couple weeks for the 9/1 callups, they avoiding starting his arb clock. Another year of him for cheap is probably more important than adding him now. --Infante... no idea, I thought he'd come up. There are other guys too, like Remenowsky and Nunez, but Rem doesn't seem ready yet and Nunez... like Infante, I have no idea why he wasn't called up.
August 19, 201114 yr Kinney is disposable. They can dump him after 15 days and not even think twice about it.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 03:06 PM) Anyone still think we win this division? Aside from Greg Hibbard? Yes.
August 19, 201114 yr QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 19, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) Yes. I think we can, the odds aren't great, but the teams in front of us just aren't that good.
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