Sullivan: Cody Eppley on his way to Arlington
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 23, 2011 12:09 PM CDT
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T.R. Sullivan reports that Cody Eppley is heading to Arlington right now. The Texas Rangers are apparently going to purchase the contract of Eppley, a righthanded relief pitcher, which would require removing someone from both the 25 man roster and the 40 man roster.
It may be that Pedro Strop's shaky performance last night, combined with the overall lack of confidence Ron Washington seems to have in Strop, has made the team decide they need another option for an 8th inning righthanded reliever.
Or it may be that the team has decided that it doesn't need both Dave Bush and Brett Tomko on the roster, and thus, one of those guys is on the way out. If Tomko or Bush is dropped from the 25 man roster, it would also clear a 40 man roster spot for Eppley.
Or Chris Davis, who is the team's third string third baseman and fourth string first baseman, and isn't really going to play except when Ron Washington decides to shuffle things around and sit people to squeeze him into the lineup, could be headed back to AAA.
There's even a remote possibility that Darren O'Day, who has struggled since spring training, could be headed back to AAA to try to work on things.
Eppley is an interesting story, a 43rd round pick in the 2008 draft who has pitched exclusively in relief as a pro. A sidearmer, Eppley has 204 Ks versus just 37 walks in 173 innings as a pro, allowing just 8 homers and posting a 2.39 ERA. He's unscored upon in 8 1/3 innings in AAA this year, walking 3 and striking out 9.
Like most sidearmers, Eppley gets a lot of ground balls and should be expected to be a lot more effective against righthanders than lefties.
If Bush or Tomko isn't removed from the 25 man roster to make room for Eppley, we could see Brandon Webb or Wilmer Font go to the 60 day d.l., or newly-claimed Ramon Aguero go back on waivers.
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Hmmm interesting.
Maybe we traded Davis?!
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Apr 23, 2011 12:12 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Do you mean
Maybe we traded begged some other team to take Davis?!
Oh, this is the spot where everyone else puts long, annoying stories that take up the entire page.
From yesterday's Frisco notes -
The other reliever to appear yesterday was Ramon Aguero, who had to leave after a pitch to Brian Esposito, the second batter he faced in the game. No word on his condition, but we’ll try to get an update sometime this weekend.
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If Bush or Tomko isn’t removed from the 25 man roster to make room for Eppley, we could see Brandon Webb or Wilmer Font go to the 60 day d.l., or newly-claimed Ramon Aguero go back on waivers.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 23, 2011 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Noob Alert!
Someone please help me understand this, as I am trying to learn these things. How does removing Tomko or Bush from the 25 open a slot on the 40? Do they not still occupy a 40 slot? Also in order for Eppley to see playing time, does he not have to be on the 25? So what would be the point in bringing him to Arlington only to put him on the 40 and not the 25? Am I way off on how the 40 and 25 work?
Tomko and Bush
If you are removing a player from the 25 man roster who has to clear waivers before he can be sent to the minors, and who can refuse an assignment to the minors, then there’s no reason not to remove that player from the 40 man roster, as well.
In the case of Tomko and Bush, each of them would have to clear waivers to be sent down, and each of them could refuse an outright assignment and opt for free agency. Thus, there’s no reason to try to run them through waivers while keeping them on the 40 man roster.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 23, 2011 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought running them through waivers was removing them from the 40
You can run someone through waivers (right now at least) and keep them on the 40?
Here:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Waivers
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
OK
Reading that though it looks like the only time you can run someone through waivers without removing them from the 40 man roster is on “waiver options” which hardly any team makes a claim on anyway because of the buddy system.
Every other time it appears removes the player from the 40 man roster as well
Yes
That’s what we did with Nelson Cruz
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 23, 2011 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmmm
They did.
In any case, you can put someone waivers for the purpose of sending them to the minor leagues when they are out of options without removing them from the 40 man roster, I am pretty sure.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 23, 2011 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think so
Players in the minors who are on the 40 man roster have to have options available or be on a rehab assignment.
if you have no options remaining you have to be either on a ML roster or a DL to be on a 40 man roster.
Tomko and Bush
Neither can be sent to the minors on options. Therefore to remove them from the ML roster you have to send them thru waivers and thus remove them from the 40 man roster. Its likely they would simply be released as opposed to sent to AAA.
Right now Eppley is simply a minor leaguer who isn’t on the 40 man roster. To bring him to Arlington you have to put him on thew 40 man roster at which time you can move him to the ML roster. once hes on the 40 man roster then if you send him to RR you would start using his options. If he comes up today and stays in Arlington all year then he would not use one of his 3 available options.
Tomko, Bush, or Davis
Whatever. Doesn’t matter. Do not, under any circumstances, give up on Strop this soon.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
I really don't hope it's Davis
because I think if they’re going to send down Davis, it should be for Gentry or Chavez, or at least someone who can play OF. I don’t like the idea of a 3 man bench.
How about a better option
One of them step up their performance and takes over full time in CF
Lone Star Ball - 2010 -- It's time
I'm a believer
by Mark from OC on Apr 23, 2011 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
It's one a long time Rangers fan subscribes to
Lone Star Ball - 2010 -- It's time
I'm a believer
by Mark from OC on Apr 23, 2011 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
Lone Star Ball - 2010 -- It's time
I'm a believer
by Mark from OC on Apr 23, 2011 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think that's a consideration here
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
by WestTxAg06 on Apr 23, 2011 2:17 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd much rather have Tomko over Bush.
Though I certainly don’t think long man will make a big difference in wins and losses.
That's certainly the early indication
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
A sidearmer,
"Look if you want a journalist hire a UT grad. If you want a doctor you pick a Baylor grad. If you need a vet you see an Aggie grad. And if you need a pizza you call a Tech grad." -BUBacker
ohh
"Look if you want a journalist hire a UT grad. If you want a doctor you pick a Baylor grad. If you need a vet you see an Aggie grad. And if you need a pizza you call a Tech grad." -BUBacker
mike e is a weird character
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 23, 2011 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
what?
I was just excited it was a sidearmer
"Look if you want a journalist hire a UT grad. If you want a doctor you pick a Baylor grad. If you need a vet you see an Aggie grad. And if you need a pizza you call a Tech grad." -BUBacker
I retweeted a post where someone found video of Leonys Martin against Gerrit Cole.
I like his swing a lot better than Borbon’s windmill. And he singled on the eighth pitch of the AB.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Did you see the one
where he tried the softball slap-swing? It made me laugh.
But yeah, he has a much shorter swing.
f'n mess
so is the life of MLB bullpens to a large degree, but damn. i had the bad feeling of a potential bumpy ride this season with that after largely getting by and/or stroke of luck for most of 2010.
His HR calls last night were pathetic
Murphy’s bomb that he said “good-bye” to was his best call of the night and it was average
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
His call on morelands bomb was alright
Its gonna take him time to recognize HRs especially jet stream ones which don’t look like it off the bat. Napoli and Kinslers HRs both barely cleared the walls (along with the KC HR which I don’t know why people want him being excited over anyway) so faulting him for not being excited enough is dumb.
if he got excited on every fly ball then people would be in here to bitch about him getting too excited over normal fly balls.
I'm not saying how long it took
just the general delivery and how his krunk voice is very krunk
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
He's an amateur, so he should watch the outfielders to see whether their routes to the flyballs indicate that they're HR possibilities.
My mother could do this.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
And Grant...
Evan_P_Grant Evan Grant
Neftali Feliz to DL with shoulder inflammation. Rangers say they are being cautious. Cody Eppley up
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
if he were a starter this never would of happened
thanks a lot all you closer supporters, look what you’ve done
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Trying too hard.
You gotta let the game come to you.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
lol
I’m on my way to Arlington so I can watch the Mavs game over there and run over to the ballpark…figured I’d see if making a ridiculous comment would cause anyone to erupt in anger.
Get well soon Neftali, this bullpen blows
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
should put a F bomb in there somewhere...give it some spice.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
As long as it's caution and doesn't extend past this DL trip, I'm not worried.
I’m not going to be excited about close games for the next two weeks, though.
No shit, I'm starting to not like the name Tanner Scheppers.
Big Tease.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
what's his name?
he’s got something
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 23, 2011 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
awwww he sounds sooo good, fuck Rhads!
Ventura::Lewin::Greenberg
If hating Rhads is wrong I don't want to be right.
This is prob a horrible idea and I'll get blasted by many for it
but regardless our options suck…just give Strop a shot. He’s got the talent, maybe the situation will bring out the best in him. If so you have your set up man this year and closer of the future when Neftali makes the move.
BOOM...I like this guy.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
you're just saying that
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 23, 2011 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't kill my hi like that
I rarely am liked. Heading to Arlington now…sad thing is Neftali’s pic is on my tickets for today’s game
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Not if he's gonna be a starter of the future
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Have you been watching Rangers baseball this year?
by Colin Friday on Apr 23, 2011 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
naw man
when they play next
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 23, 2011 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm trying to figure out how to answer this in a non-condescending way.
…
People who should know these things say his mechanics are not conducive to being stretched out. The stuff will probably play in the rotation…until his arm falls off.
Me too
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Really? You think you go with the person with no track record of being a good reliever over people who do?
Yeah, that kind of strategy is likely to lead to baseball winning.
I wish Kirkman could have been more reliable out of the pen.
Maybe this could force Tommy Hunter into the bullpen.
Rangers FTW
Josh keeps cuing Eric to talk,
and sometimes he misses it. And also I’m waiting for him to end something with, “Right, Tom?”
44th out of 55 qualified starters.
CJ is 45th.
They rank 8th and 14th, respectively, in GB%, though, which helps.
sexy
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 23, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Eric Hurley to the 60-day DL according to Grant
Concussion/skull fracture is the ailment. ouch.
Promote Mike Olt to Round Rock!
This PBP guy is irritating
How do I know when to go to the fridge without someone telling me the side is retired?
"Fire Rhadigan into the sun" - rexcellent
by Thought_Experiment on Apr 23, 2011 4:26 PM CDT reply actions
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