August 7, 201510 yr Sox have 3 vet starters at Charlotte: Noesi, Penny, and Drabek. They are eating up innings that could go elsewhere, even though there is little chance of them getting promoted to White Sox. Possible exception is Drabek. With all the young pitchers throughout the minor league system, I see no reason why these three are taking a regular turn, since so many young pitchers could use the innings.
August 7, 201510 yr QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 08:21 AM) Sox have 3 vet starters at Charlotte: Noesi, Penny, and Drabek. They are eating up innings that could go elsewhere, even though there is little chance of them getting promoted to White Sox. Possible exception is Drabek. With all the young pitchers throughout the minor league system, I see no reason why these three are taking a regular turn, since so many young pitchers could use the innings. Who do you think, specifically, should get three starting slots in Charlotte? Because I see 2, max, from AA that might be ready - Jaye and Montas. I'd agree that Jaye should come up. Montas maybe too. But the other thing is, BHAM is in a playoff race, and the club tends to like keeping key guys around that as the season comes to a close.
August 7, 201510 yr QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 09:21 AM) Sox have 3 vet starters at Charlotte: Noesi, Penny, and Drabek. They are eating up innings that could go elsewhere, even though there is little chance of them getting promoted to White Sox. Possible exception is Drabek. With all the young pitchers throughout the minor league system, I see no reason why these three are taking a regular turn, since so many young pitchers could use the innings. I would assume that there aren't any AA guys ready for AAA. Triple-A is a league of re-treads and MLB failures; When Sept 1 happens, they'll shift guys around.
August 7, 201510 yr QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 09:31 AM) Who do you think, specifically, should get three starting slots in Charlotte? Because I see 2, max, from AA that might be ready - Jaye and Montas. I'd agree that Jaye should come up. Montas maybe too. But the other thing is, BHAM is in a playoff race, and the club tends to like keeping key guys around that as the season comes to a close. I'd also like them to go easy on Montas given that he's still building up innings, but we'll see. Would be nice to get him a AA playoff start after a full season there.
August 7, 201510 yr QUOTE (oldsox @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 01:21 PM) Sox have 3 vet starters at Charlotte: Noesi, Penny, and Drabek. They are eating up innings that could go elsewhere, even though there is little chance of them getting promoted to White Sox. Possible exception is Drabek. With all the young pitchers throughout the minor league system, I see no reason why these three are taking a regular turn, since so many young pitchers could use the innings. Sox have a good report with Charlotte. They deserve to have a chance to compete. No reason to rush pitchers.
August 7, 201510 yr QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 08:38 AM) Sox have a good report with Charlotte. They deserve to have a chance to compete. No reason to rush pitchers. They also seem to get good nibbles on pitchers trying to recover their careers, which can be a life line to some cheap lottery tickets.
August 7, 201510 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 03:19 PM) They also seem to get good nibbles on pitchers trying to recover their careers, which can be a life line to some cheap lottery tickets. maybe at the time of getting the pitchers, the sox didn't have one that was a AAA pitcher at the time. mostly AA and single A. they need to field a team. hence the old vets.
August 7, 201510 yr Author QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 7, 2015 -> 07:31 AM) Who do you think, specifically, should get three starting slots in Charlotte? Because I see 2, max, from AA that might be ready - Jaye and Montas. I'd agree that Jaye should come up. Montas maybe too. But the other thing is, BHAM is in a playoff race, and the club tends to like keeping key guys around that as the season comes to a close. Okay. Cut Penny, promote Jaye. Bring someone up to Birmingham from W-S and so on. Decisions for Ynoa and Tago have to be made this off season. I say get them as many quality innings as possible.
August 10, 201510 yr I can still see the reason for both Noesi and Drabek. Penny will be the one to go if they determine Jaye/Montas is ready.
August 10, 201510 yr QUOTE (staxx @ Aug 10, 2015 -> 06:46 PM) I can still see the reason for both Noesi and Drabek. Penny will be the one to go if they determine Jaye/Montas is ready. Concur
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