03-08-2010, 01:28 PM
No to Cashner.
I dont think the best thing for hsi career is to rush him to the majors. He still needs a little development.
Caridad will now, effectively, slide into the right handed setup slot to compliment Grabow who is on the leftside.
That is three of the seven slots in Piniella's overloaded bullpen (I for one like the extra bat on the bench over the extra arm in the pen). We have four spots.
Marshall will likely lose out to Gorz. for the lefty in the rotation and be in the Pen.
That brings us to three spots.
Count Samardzija out (at least I hope to God we can), because he should beat out Fatass Silva for the 5th starter. Silva can go away.
Still at three spots.
Gray has an ouchy groin, so he is likely being slowed and may not be ready for opening day. If he is, down to two. If not, our bullpen sits at three open.
Berg, Stevens, Gaub are the three top names I would look at.
But Blake Parker is another interesting name to watch as he looked good last year in Triple A. he had a 3.00 ERA in 45 games and 51 innings while posting a 1.2 WHIP and a 58-27 K-BB average with 3 hit batters. He also only allowed three HR. He also pitched well in Double A.
The more I look at his stats, I like this Parker kid.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=parker003ric
I dont think the best thing for hsi career is to rush him to the majors. He still needs a little development.
Caridad will now, effectively, slide into the right handed setup slot to compliment Grabow who is on the leftside.
That is three of the seven slots in Piniella's overloaded bullpen (I for one like the extra bat on the bench over the extra arm in the pen). We have four spots.
Marshall will likely lose out to Gorz. for the lefty in the rotation and be in the Pen.
That brings us to three spots.
Count Samardzija out (at least I hope to God we can), because he should beat out Fatass Silva for the 5th starter. Silva can go away.
Still at three spots.
Gray has an ouchy groin, so he is likely being slowed and may not be ready for opening day. If he is, down to two. If not, our bullpen sits at three open.
Berg, Stevens, Gaub are the three top names I would look at.
But Blake Parker is another interesting name to watch as he looked good last year in Triple A. he had a 3.00 ERA in 45 games and 51 innings while posting a 1.2 WHIP and a 58-27 K-BB average with 3 hit batters. He also only allowed three HR. He also pitched well in Double A.
The more I look at his stats, I like this Parker kid.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/p...id=parker003ric