I still don't understand why they don't come up with a mystery 'injury' for Soler, Davis and Dozier and use that as an excuse to send them down on rehab assignments.
Davis is on the IL already. As for the other two, I don't know, but Dozier had a real injury and they didn't let him stay on rehab very long when they could have, so they clearly don't think it's in their best interests. I don't agree with that, though.
Unfortunately, the MLBPA doesn't allow that. The player would have to go along with it, and most don't want to go on the bus rides or commercial flights.
I couldn't agree more on the 'clean' inning for Barlow. Singer was already at 94 pitches and while he did work through some spots, I thought he was living on the edge for much of the night.
Sit him with his pitch count and let Barlow get it going. That is one thing that I did appreciate about Ned - his designated pitcher roles.
I'd sign Soler to a minor league deal in a heartbeat. But I imagine there are plenty of other teams willing to do a minor league deal with him, and at this point if stuck to a minor league deal I assume he'd want a change of scenery.
I still don't understand why they don't come up with a mystery 'injury' for Soler, Davis and Dozier and use that as an excuse to send them down on rehab assignments.
Davis is on the IL already. As for the other two, I don't know, but Dozier had a real injury and they didn't let him stay on rehab very long when they could have, so they clearly don't think it's in their best interests. I don't agree with that, though.
I forgot about Davis being on the IL already.
Unfortunately, the MLBPA doesn't allow that. The player would have to go along with it, and most don't want to go on the bus rides or commercial flights.
I know they don't allow that but we know it happens all the time.
I couldn't agree more on the 'clean' inning for Barlow. Singer was already at 94 pitches and while he did work through some spots, I thought he was living on the edge for much of the night.
Sit him with his pitch count and let Barlow get it going. That is one thing that I did appreciate about Ned - his designated pitcher roles.
I'd sign Soler to a minor league deal in a heartbeat. But I imagine there are plenty of other teams willing to do a minor league deal with him, and at this point if stuck to a minor league deal I assume he'd want a change of scenery.