of the rotation and how do you make room on the 40 man if you bring in Livan?

Hurley and Harrison take the final spot in the rotation and grow, rather than see an aged version of Hernandez, who is a shadow of his former self..

about how to pitch, give him a shot, maybe he just needs a new start

but is there anyone left in baseball who actually believes hes 33?

i would have a rotation of Livan,Padilla,Hurley,Hunter,Millwood. Hurley needs to get some rotation time so he will be ready for next year and if Hunter does bad then put harrison in and if he does bad go with mendoza

I see what you mean. Hernandez could get Wright’s place on the 40 since Millwood, Mathis and Hurley are already on the 40 when they return. However then you have a logjam of rehab projects.

Would Hernandez be better than Millwood? Do Mathis and Hurley come back to the majors when the rehabs are done? Other than Madrigal, I could only see Nippert or Hunter going back down. Maybe Metcalf if you are comfortable with Davis as your emergency third baseman. I say no to that scenario.

So how about this:
Padilla, Harrison, Hernandez (Wright released), Mendoza, Millwood (Madrigal goes down to AA)
Hunter, Feldman, Hurley (Nippert goes down to AAA), Rupe, Wilson, Francisco, Guardado
Mathis goes down when he is healthy.

Yeah, that Sexson at bat last night was pretty weak.

I think he is a serviceable pitcher that could give us some innings, help take pressure off the bullpen and help us compete for the wild card. All while giving important time to the kids that are already here!

I don’t think it makes sense to bring bad pitchers here.

Thus, I would not support adding Livan.

Livan is a bad pitcher… Ponson is a bad person and a bad pitcher.

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All Hernandez would do is come to Arlington, post a 6.00+ ERA, and block the development of one of our young pitchers. Fail.

if we were closer in the playoff race it might be worth giving some consideration to him, given the uncertainty at the back end of our rotation. he might not be an upgrade over any of our young starters but he stands to give us more innings and is more of a known commodity at the major league level. i dont think two months would stall anyone’s development too much; the odd man out can always go back down and pitch in AAA.

but when it’s all said and done, the benefit would really be very marginal, and with the amount of games we need to make up he’s not going to make a big enough difference for us.

Hernandez has been claimed by the Rockies