September Call-Ups

by Mizzoula Osprey Fan on Aug 28, 2010 12:04 PM EDT

As we drag on through the remainder of our painful season I cannot help but think of what September brings. With the roster expanding to 40 players, who do ya'll think will get the call? As my name suggests, I live in Missoula and love cheering for the Osprey. It's so exciting to see when players who began their careers here in this smallish mountain city of Missoula finally make it to the show!

So what do ya'll think? Who will get the call this year to fill out the roster?

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Collmenter and Allen for sure.

Since their “main crop” isn’t ready yet, I’m guessing marginal guys get called up to see whether to keep or release.

No Gutierrez, Sherlock!

by Reynolds rapper on Aug 28, 2010 1:26 PM EDT reply actions

Collmenter isn't on the 40-man.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 28, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Is there anyone due to be thrown off?

No Gutierrez, Sherlock!

by Reynolds rapper on Aug 29, 2010 2:59 AM EDT up reply actions

I actually think

That we have two spots open (I checked last night). But Rosales and Benson are due back. But Roque Mercedes has been mediocre at Double-A. Clay Zavada could go on the 60-Day DL. Dan Stange hasn’t missed many Double-A bats. Kevin Mulvey appears kind of past it.

So, there are options.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 29, 2010 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks

After the season, there will be more spots as people leave/are traded but I had the 40 in mind.

No Gutierrez, Sherlock!

by Reynolds rapper on Aug 29, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

It’d be a bit hasty to kick Mulvey off of the 40-man mid-season. But if Benson never materializes and Zavada moves to the DL, we could add Collmenter and Torra as freebies to the 40-man, even if we remove one of them the following off-season (Torra, if he fails in the majors).

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 29, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I imagine it will just be the 40-man roster guys

Who aren’t up and are currently showing any level of success or value in the minors.

- Rosa
- Rosales
- Allen
- Augenstein
- Mulvey
- Valdez
- Kroenke
- Rodriguez
- Benson
- Abreu
- Gillespie

Stange is a question mark – was awful at Triple-A when we sent him down from the majors, and pieced his season back together at Double-A. Not sure if that merits a call-up.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 28, 2010 1:36 PM EDT reply actions

it'd be great

to see collmenter get called up, and even torra, to see how they might fit the team next year. even bullpen outings could be useful…

by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Unfortunately

Those are guys that you would have to create 40-man roster spots for. Our 40-man currently sports 38 non-60-Day-DL players on it. We have Kris Benson, Brandon Webb, and Leo Rosales currently on the 60-Day DL. Rosales is rehabbing in Reno. Benson has been rehabbing for like the last three months. Webb… meh.

So Rosales will take a spot, and Benson might take a spot. Which means we’d have to clear guys from our 40-man to accommodate Torra and Collmenter. As much of a mess as Septimo currently is, he has a ton of upside. Stange is a possibility, but he’s also younger than Torra and Collmenter is controlled anyways. Mulvey… well, that’s a possibility – we’ve been trying to give him a job for about a year, and he just doesn’t seem to want to take one.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 28, 2010 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

maybe drop benson?

i wouldn’t mind removing mulvey too….i don’t think he plays even a limited role in our future

by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Mulvey

I think Mulvey might have earned his way back into a September callup. Over his 4 starts in August, he has only allowed 4 ER in 25 IP (1.44 ERA) with 18K and 7 BB. His ERA for the season is now down to 4.48, which is respectable for the PCL.

by Amit on Aug 28, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I think you have to give him at least one more chance

for the sake of not completely losing the Jon Rauch trade. We’re going nowhere so its not like we’re forcing it, there isn’t anything to lose

yep....

by JustAJ on Aug 28, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Relevant...

he starts tonight against Las Vegas, in case anyone cares. I was gonna go and see the game, but with school starting Monday, I can’t really afford to stay up until 11ish…

My value over a replacement poster is approximately 10.5 runs.

by Wailord on Aug 28, 2010 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Whaaaat

it’s only Saturday, why not?

I should have a mfin theme song.

by emilylovesthedbacks on Aug 28, 2010 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions

his line in recent games

isn’t particularly reassuring, though i guess you guys are right that it wouldn’t hurt to give him another shot

we can evaluate torra and collmenter in the spring anyway

by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions

No runs not good enough?

Mulvey hasn’t allowed a single run in his last two starts, with a 13K/3BB ratio. Or are you talking about his recent games in the Majors?

by Amit on Aug 28, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions

you spoke too soon.....

runs aren’t that big of a deal. peripherals are. especially in the minors. mulvey isn’t an extreme groundball pitcher like miley, so it is not good that he doesn’t strike people out

two games…is way too small a sample size. just look at what happened today

by blue bulldog on Aug 29, 2010 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Precisely - FIP

Is far more valuable in the minors.

And really, from a scouting perspective, Mulvey just doesn’t have stuff that looks like it will get big-league hitters out. It’s disappointing, for sure, but it happens.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 29, 2010 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Good GB rate

I don’t actually think Mulvey is much of a prospect, but I do think he’s worth a look over Rodrigo Lopez in the #5 spot.

And Mulvey does have a very good ground ball rate this year – 51% overall, and better than 2:1 GB/FB ratio. He’s only allowed 11 HR in 156 IP this year, which is very good for the PCL.

by Amit on Aug 29, 2010 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions

It wouldn't hurt to try, I suppose

I think he and Kroenke will get starts come September once we shut down IPK and possibly Hudson (I don’t know if we plan on this). We also could remove Rodrigo from the rotation, too.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 29, 2010 2:43 AM EDT up reply actions

I certainly wouldn't mind calling Mulvey up.

Take some innings away from Enright and Hudson, and audition for any future whatsoever with the team.

Mr. Science Boy

by DbacksSkins on Aug 31, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Plus

I believe guys like Benson & Mulvey will help curtail the innings on our younger guys…..

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by GuruB on Aug 29, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

You could also use

Torra and Kroenke. Since they’ve been better and are fresh faces who have been healthy all year.

It’s all the same, really. Filler is filler.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 29, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions

i don't understand why kroenke's era is so low

he’s walking just as many people as when he was a reliever and he sucked then

just getting lucky imo

by blue bulldog on Aug 29, 2010 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Not exactly true.

Kroenke FIP as reliever: 3.91
Kroenke FIP as starter: 3.39

He really never sucked, just got unlucky all year.

It is the PCL – it happens. But he also has improved all of his rates ever-so-slightly in the rotation, leading to better overall success. But it was mostly luck turning on his side for once.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 29, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Wait.. what??

Kroenke’s starting now??

Mr. Science Boy

by DbacksSkins on Aug 31, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

For a couple of months now, I think.

Not his role in the majors except on a fill-in basis, but they had a slot open.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 31, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Whoa...

Far out, man.

Mr. Science Boy

by DbacksSkins on Aug 31, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you hear Joe Torre whining about September call-ups?

Torre says callups can create ‘unfair’ edge

“It’s very tough playing against those teams, especially in our league where part of it is you’re trying to run your opposition out of players. Basically, people get knocked out of the pennant race by people who have played Double-A ball and maybe four at-bats in the big leagues.”

Really, if your pennant chances can be destroyed by a Double-A player… Well, you probably shouldn’t be in the post-season.

"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." -- Brian Stimpson

by Jim McLennan on Aug 28, 2010 5:40 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs

That's because

Torre hates young players and having them on his roster.

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by Dan Strittmatter on Aug 28, 2010 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

well...when you only

have a 3.5% chance at making the playoffs and you’re still trading for people like dotel and podsednik while being in denial of selling manny….

this quote makes all the sense in the world

by blue bulldog on Aug 28, 2010 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions

LOLDodgers

Mr. Science Boy

by DbacksSkins on Aug 31, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions

poor, poor Joe Torre. how has he won all these years with the whole world set against him?

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by njjohn on Sep 3, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Well currently

a AA player could get through their lineup without surrendering a run.

No Gutierrez, Sherlock!

by Reynolds rapper on Aug 29, 2010 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions

He makes it sound like his team doesn't have the option to call up extra players, too.

Gosh, Joe. You’ll just have to defeat the opposition by scoring more runs, rather than by running them out of players. Wah wah wah.

"It's a fez. I'm wearing a fez now. Fezes are cool."

by kishi on Aug 29, 2010 3:11 AM EDT up reply actions

Gee.

It sure must suck to be competitive every year and roll out your playoff lineup daily, as opposed to those miserable small-market scrubs who have the audacity to play some rooks in September.

by Azreous on Aug 29, 2010 5:52 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs