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jasonk
With numbers like that, Rays fans better hope they never see the following statement in the transactions:
Rays call up Edgar Gonzalez (P) from Durham Bulls (AAA International League)
Raysfanatic
Lol, why does this remind me of when we got Chad Qualls
buddaley
Possibly because you are not considering the lack of any real analogy. Qualls had been an effective major league reliever for a while; Gonzalez never has been. Qualls, while his raw numbers looked bad last year, had very good peripherals, quite in line with his career numbers, so there was reason to expect him to pitch well and help the Rays win the division.Gonzalez has never had particularly good numbers, peripherals or otherwise, and is not being acquired mid-season to help a drive to the post-season. He is purely minor league fodder to fill out the Durham bullpen-maybe.
And incidentally, while Qualls was not particularly good in TB, he did pitch better than he had in Arizona in 2010 and did have some effective outings.