Winston Abreu: Freed
by R.J. Anderson on Jun 13, 2009 11:02 PM EDT
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PrintPer 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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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
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
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
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
-Example of Queer Irony
We need Robots....The time is now Bud, Stern, and Goodell.
Seriously, Officiating Sucks in this Country
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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
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.
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
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
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."
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."
Memorial Day v. Indians
RD over and out.
by ReasonableDoubt on Jun 14, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, JP didn't pitch that day.
"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."
That had nothing to do with a closer.
If Brignac makes the play Choate closes the game.
Great news ...
… wanted him being called up instead of Thayer earlier already (while I like Thayer as well as the stache!)!
Hope he is doing great as well as Bradford later on! Would solidify our BP! Nelson also looks to be getting better! Just place Wheeler or Balfour on the DL somehow!
Howell, Cormier, Abreu, Nelson, Choate/Shouse, Bradford, Wheeler/Balfour
With a good BP we can get past the Yanks!
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
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