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nationals2017
I saw one of Armstrong’s appearances on MLB TV. I thought she did OK I’m surprised he went down.
nationals2017
hey meant I thought he did OK.
EonADS
He did. But he threw 49 pitches, and obviously that means he’s exhausted. The tribe just swapped him around with Goody, and they’re likely to do the same with him or somebody else later in the year. They did it a lot in 2016 with Joe Colon, Armstrong, Kyle Crockett, and Shawn Morimando.
Polish Hammer
He only went down because he pitched so much he was unable to go the next night or two and they needed an arm in the pen. Won’t be the last time they send him down for these reasons.
sufferforsnakes
……..or for other reasons, if you know what I mean.
johnsilver
Imagine Tiger fans got a good lokk at whay I wondered why they bothered to use a roster spot on Cuevas to begin with.. Not even up to a retread. Just not 1 pitch qualifies as an out pitch and his velocity never hit 90 that can remember in Sox organization.. A true ‘blah” pitcher if ever was one.
padresfan
Padres stuff happened prior to yesterday’s game
bravesfan88
It was solely a move to get a fresh arm in the pen.
Armstrong will be back up much sooner rather than later. I’d say just give it a couple of games, and then you will most likely read, “Shawn Armstrong gets called back up in favor of [Enter BP Arm].”
I’d think he would get to take back his spot from Goody, but Goody did look pretty solid during his two innings for Cleveland.
With that being said, Armstrong could ultimately take the place of another member of the bullpen, with options available, that Cleveland doesn’t want to pitch on back to back nights…Then, let the cycle continue..lol
I mean, if you have the arms capable of pulling off that type of bullpen shuffling, and the players with the options available, then by all means go for it…But, I’m just not so sure how that constant shuffling around would be received by the 6th and 7th guys in the pen that are getting continuously moved around from the ML roster to AAA…That might be the only downside. Other then that, I see it as a pretty smart use of talent and an intriguing strategy that may become more popular here pretty soon.
Greg David
Armstrong was the only one in the pen with options, now Goody is. They’ll be swapped back and forth all season, probably with Colon and Garner, maybe one or two others depending on when guys can be called back up
Polish Hammer
Exactly
sufferforsnakes
Hopefully Colon has learned how to pitch since spring training.
RunDMC
Re: Jason Hursh – Another of Frank Wren’s 1st rd picks it put out to pasture. Lucas Sims, you’re next up. Would be hilarious to see former 1st rd pick (by Wren), Sean Gilmartin, who was released and is now in the ‘pen in NYM (by way of MIN) have a longer career than either of them.
bravesfan
I’m still rooting for them. They still have all the talent in the world, be nice for them to live up to hype