Winston Abreu: Freed

by R.J. Anderson on Jun 13, 2009 11:02 PM EDT Comment 27 comments

Per Joe Smith of the Heater, Jason Isringhausen has been placed on the DL and Winston Abreu has been promoted to the majors. Hate to see it come this way, but the guy has earned his shot. To recap check out this and this.

Basically, Abreu throws hard, has seemingly decent-to-good breaking stuff in his slider, is striking out the International League like nobody's business, and has a long track record of success in Triple-A without much major league time to speak of. Absolute worst case: he turns in an awful performance and we DFA him in a month. Best case: he turns into a ~3-3.5 RA reliever in a pen that could use a high leverage reliever with that type of success.

Congrats Winston, you've earned it. Now please, please stick.

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what's izzy going on the DL for?

by yeseggs on Jun 13, 2009 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

....

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read a little… you’ll figure it out..

Leave me alone, I'm watching monsterjam.

by mrichardkent on Jun 13, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think he was asking if there were any specifics

ie shoulder, elbow, etc

www.raysprospects.com

by Imperialism32 on Jun 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i got this post via a twitter feed, jackass. but thanks anyway!

by yeseggs on Jun 13, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I figured you were on the site and just didn't read any of the previous posts.

anyways, Izzy clutched his arm during the 9th, don’t know what the specifics are, but doesn’t look good.

Leave me alone, I'm watching monsterjam.

by mrichardkent on Jun 13, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Izzy's arm exploded. Many dead. Very tragic.

RD over and out.

by ReasonableDoubt on Jun 13, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

-Example of Queer Irony

We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country

by Some other guy who does not care on Jun 13, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This should be interesting

Leave me alone, I'm watching monsterjam.

by mrichardkent on Jun 13, 2009 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can

he teach balf his slider, it would help if balf would learn it and use it

We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country

by Some other guy who does not care on Jun 13, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Two weeks to the day of Balfour's debut last year.

by R.J. Anderson on Jun 13, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

is this just temporary till Bradford returns?

that should be soon right.

by Dbullsfan on Jun 14, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can't wait to see a fresh new arm in the BP

Even though they’ve been lights out lately, the bullpen has been overworked.

by acablue on Jun 14, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's go with "new", not fresh

Abreu has thrown 32 innings so far, which is more than everyone in the pen except Lance. But yeah, it will be nice to see a new face.

Maybe I’m just an old fashioned BJ suck-off-er. (Good call Sandy)

by Lurch's Lobbyists on Jun 14, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bring up

DALE THAYER!

Need that stach….

by Gone Phishing on Jun 14, 2009 12:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

would they put Izzy on the 60 day-dl before he even had an MRI or saw dr andrews?

by walkoffwalk on Jun 14, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we're lucky, Percy will announce his retirement today.

We know something you don't know
And if we don't share then we don't grow
Unabomber set the whole world on fire

by Orlando Rays on Jun 14, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

AND NOW ANOTHER EPISODE OF HEATER ALL-STARS, WHERE ONLY THE BEST COMEDY IS MADE!

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Sam from Tarpon Springs
Jun 14th, 2009 7:09 am

Why not try JP Howell as our closer? Sure,he doesn’t break 90,but he misses bats and gets hitters out.

….wait, what?

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Jun 14, 2009 10:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Not saying I think we need a closer, I personally like the non-closer approach. But JP is the best reliever in the bullpen and if you were going to have a closer, he'd probably be the best choice right now.

But since Percival’s been DL’d, I don’t know of a game this year where having a ‘closer’ would have helped.

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Jun 14, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Howell, Cormier, Abreu, Nelson, Choate/Shouse, Bradford, Wheeler/Balfour

With a good BP we can get past the Yanks!

by BurGi on Jun 14, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Duemig also has haters on MLB.com

However, nobody listens to him so:

evavrudePosts:1

Steve Duemig has really two things to talk about.

1. Gambling- Gamble all you want but who wants to hear about it on sports radio. Poker this, roulette that, horse racing this….gambling rights…new gaming laws. He never fails, it never ends.

2. Joe Maddon post game dissection- After every loss or every shakey win he will play back Maddons post game comments and critically dissect every single word he says. Whether you think Maddon is awesome or you think he stinks this is some of the worst sports radio out there. Post game comments are what the are… not much, not for any player or any coach or any fan. He seems to have some personal grudge against him, which is boring. He is an absolute zero when it comes to baseball… maybe pure genius when it come gambling.

Duh…

We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country

by Some other guy who does not care on Jun 14, 2009 10:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs