Let’s go get Troy Glaus and end the debate once and for all.

With McCarthy out does Holland still go to the bullpen? Is Benson’s time with the Rangers done? Just seeing if anyone has heard anything

uh….not so much

The local report that broke the Jason Grilli story now says that Texas didn’t claim him off waivers, but instead sent cash considerations to the Rockies for the righthander (meaning before Colorado ever placed him on waivers during the 10-day period that triggered on Friday).

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And so concludes another failed comeback story for a Rangers pitcher.

Millwood/Padilla/Feldman/Holland/Mathis

FX2/CJ/ODay/Eddie/Jennings/Grilli/Madrigal

So I take it Madrigal will go down when Harrison comes up and mathis will slide into the longman role. Wonder if this means Nippert isn’t coming back anytime soon?

What happened to take him from about a 4.5 K/9 guy to about an 8 K/9 guy all of a sudden? He develop a new pitch or what. It happened between 2006 and 2007.

According to local reports, Texas has outrighted Kris Benson off the roster
to make room for Jason Grilli. Benson reportedly hasn’t indicated whether
he’ll accept an assignment to Oklahoma City.

Also, the club placed Brandon McCarthy on the disabled list and recalled
Guillermo Moscoso from AAA. That could be a temporary move to give the
bullpen an added arm until Matt Harrison is activated (possibly to make
Thursday’s start).

Jamey

don’t let the door hit you in the ass

I emailed Andrew Fisher, known as Poseidon’s Fist on the unofficial Rockies fans site Purple Row, and asked about his thoughts on Jason Grilli. Here’s what he had to say:

Man you guys just keep swooping up our players – Pedro Strop, Joe Koshansky, now Grilli.

Grilli throws a fastball that averages about 94 mph around two-thirds of the time and a 85ish mph slider about one-third of the time. He’ll mix in a change every once in a while, but he’s really a two-pitch pitcher. He was a phenomenal pick-up from Detroit last season, developing into a solid 7th-inning reliever. We were really counting on him to do the same this season, especially when Taylor Buchholz hit the DL.

I unfortunately always seemed to miss his appearances in the last two weeks, so I can’t say anything too specifically. His slide began in Pittsburgh mid-May – that series was abysmal all the way around, and confidence was completely absent throughout the roster. From that point forward, the whole team was practically waiting for Hurdle to get the axe. I say this because Grilli has a reputation for having confidence issues. He was nicknamed “Gas Can” in Detroit and was chastized openly by Tiger fans. He was dominant on the road for them but struggled in front of the home crowd.

I really think it’s a confidence issue with Grilli. He normally has solid control but walked at least one guy in each of his last five appearances. He was still very capable of earning a strikeout, with over a 10 K/9. Also of note, his FIP is only 4.10, which suggests his ERA should be significantly lower than what it is.

He could some hits on him and then struggled with control, and once that happened, he was in self-destruct mode. It appears he was elevating his pitches, because his groundballs went to nil and everyone started hitting flyballs and line drives off of him.

I’ve always liked Grilli, and I didn’t agree with the decision to let him go, as I’m sure he would have rebounded. He most assuredly deserves a spot in a big league bullpen, and he could definitely bounce back with a change of scenery to be the go-to-guy in the 7th.

I think Kris will be OK

6’5" – 225. Get’s K’s and has been getting hit a lot…. and evidently there is no love lost between him and Jim Leyland.

If grilli gets it going again its a great pickup, and worst case hes better than benson and we just cut him a month from now for someone else.