Upcoming roster moves

Both Davis and Tracy are coming to the end of their rehab assignments down in Tucson, and are expected to rejoin the team during the road-trip to Florida and Atlanta that begins after this series. This will require various roster moves to be made as a result - and in the case of Tracy, we will also have to work out what his role is going to be on the team.

Discuss. :-)

Personally, I'd send Scherzer back down to Tucson, so he can continue to stretch out as a starter. Odds are, we will need a sixth man at some point over the rest of the season, and if he goes to our bullpen and starts throwing 15-20 pitch outings, I'm not sure how available he will be for a start. Another possibility might be Peña, as he does actually have a minor-league option left, if I remember - Scherzer could then fill basically the same role, as set-up man for Lyon. I think Slaten might have an option left too, as this is his third season in the majors. If we drop Medders or EdGon, both of them would have to go through waivers. Odds are they wouldn't make it, so we'd be kissing them goodbye.

i presume Hammock will be sent down when Chad returns, having seen the plate just twice this month: The challenge there will be to get Tracy's bat into the lineup. I would love to see him in the lineup playing third-base; lost in the fuss about Byrnes has been the fact that Mark Reynolds has been in almost as horrific a slump of late. He got a 'mental health' day off yesterday, but since April 23rd, he is hitting only .149 [11-for -74] with 35 K's and only eight walks. However, Tracy has been playing mostly 1B and DH in his time at Tucson, and I am uncertain how well his knees would be up to playing at the hot corner. He could be used to spell Jackson at first against RHP - Conor's line against them is "only" .287/.368/.521, compared to the monstrous stats he's put up facing lefties [.400/.500/.575, albeit in only 50 PA's].