ROSTER MOVES BY TEAM
(August 8th-August 9th)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
- ATLANTA BRAVES | Depth Chart
- Outrighted: RP Jason Hursh
- CINCINNATI REDS | Depth Chart
- Promoted: SP Robert Stephenson
- Stephenson made his 2018 debut on Wednesday (4 IP, 3 ER, L).
- Optioned: RP Jesus Reyes
- Promoted: SP Robert Stephenson
- COLORADO ROCKIES | Depth Chart
- Activated from 10-Day DL: RP Chris Rusin
- Optioned: RP Yency Almonte
- LOS ANGELES DODGERS | Depth Chart
- Activated from 10-Day DL: SP Ross Stripling
- Optioned: RP Pat Venditte
- PITTSBURGH PIRATES | Depth Chart
- Activated from 10-Day DL: 1B Josh Bell
- Bell played 1B and batted 7th/6th on Wednesday/Thursday.
- Optioned: 1B/OF Jose Osuna
- Activated from 10-Day DL: 1B Josh Bell
- WASHINGTON NATIONALS | Depth Chart
- Placed on 10-Day DL: RP Kelvin Herrera (rotator cuff impingement)
- Ryan Madson will take over as the team’s primary closer.
- Promoted: RP Koda Glover
- Placed on 10-Day DL: RP Kelvin Herrera (rotator cuff impingement)
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
- BOSTON RED SOX | Depth Chart
- Activated from 10-Day DL: 3B Rafael Devers
- Optioned: INF/OF Tony Renda
- Role change: P Drew Pomeranz has been moved to the bullpen.
- CLEVELAND INDIANS | Depth Chart
- Placed on 10-Day DL: OF Leonys Martin (illness)
- Promoted: OF Greg Allen
- Allen played CF and batted 9th on Thursday.
- DETROIT TIGERS | Depth Chart
- Placed on 10-Day DL: C/1B John Hicks (strained groin)
- Promoted: C Grayson Greiner, RP Artie Lewicki
- Optioned: RP Daniel Stumpf
- MINNESOTA TWINS | Depth Chart
- Role change: Addison Reed will likely take over as the team’s closer. Trevor Hildenberger and Trevor May could also be in the mix for save chances.
- NEW YORK YANKEES | Depth Chart
- Activated from 10-Day DL: SP J.A. Happ
- Optioned: SP Chance Adams
- OAKLAND ATHLETICS | Depth Chart
- Acquired: RP Fernando Rodney (acquired from Twins)
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- Rodney will likely serve in a setup role with the A’s.
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- Acquired: RP Fernando Rodney (acquired from Twins)
- SEATTLE MARINERS | Depth Chart
- Acquired: RP Sam Tuivailala (strained Achilles’ tendon)
- Promoted: RP Casey Lawrence, RP Nick Rumbelow
- Optioned: RP Chasen Bradford
- TORONTO BLUE JAYS | Depth Chart
- Promoted: RP Thomas Pannone
- Optioned: SP Mike Hauschild
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FUTURE EXPECTED MOVES
- BOS: SP Chris Sale will be activated from the 10-Day DL on Sunday August 12th, according to Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe.
- HOU: SS Carlos Correa will likely be activated from the 10-Day DL on Friday August 10th, according to Jake Kaplan of the Athletic.
- PIT: SP Clay Holmes will be recalled from Triple-A and will start on Friday August 10th, according to Rob Biertempfel of the Athletic.
- SDP: SP Jacob Nix will make his MLB debut on Friday August 10th, according to AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. Nix will need to be added to the 40-man roster.
Reed has had a poor year and does not merit being in the closer’s role.. Just blew Thursday’s game. Hildenberger has been knocked around lately – possibly being misused – should ONLY be facing RH bats with his RH Sidearm delivery. Should either be May or one of the kids at AAA. Let them get some experience. September callups are only 2 weeks away.
The Pirates need to stop outsmarting themselves. Seriously…
They and their sports science department are so proud of their rest schedules and data, etc. but they have already cost themselves one win and now maybe two, all because they (to borrow from Mike Tomlin) “live in their fears” regarding Coors Field.
The team and it’s starters are rolling, so what do they do? Call up Clay Holmes to make a PREPLANNED spot start for absolutely no real reason. They anticipated their pitchers being taxed by the 3 game series in Denver and planned for Holmes to clean up the mess.
Which sounds like a good plan, except that Taillon pitched a complete game, Musgrove went 7 and their bullpen is not depleted, on the contrary, they are getting rusty.
So why is Holmes STILL making the spot start?
This comes a week after they pitched a warm body AAA pitcher in the 5th inning of a TIED game vs the Cards…which they lost. Again, because they were afraid of Coors.
They need to stop getting ahead of themselves, stop out thinking themselves and start worrying about the game in front of them only.