Rays Bring Up Brad Hawpe; Option Andy Sonnanstine to Minors

by Steve Slowinski on Aug 31, 2010 11:19 PM EDT

The Rays made room to add OF Brad Hawpe to their playoff-eligible roster by optioning RHP Andy Sonnanstine to Class A Hudson Valley. ...

The Rays put Hawpe on the 40-man roster in the spot created by moving J.P. Howell from the 15- to 60-day DL.

Why is Andy Sonnanstine going all the way down to Class A? It's not because the Rays don't like him - it's to ensure he can come back to the majors quicker. Once a player is optioned to the minors, they normally cannot return to the majors until ten days have passed...unless a team's season ends first. Since Hudson Valley finishes playing on September 5th, Andy can be back up with the Rays as early as Monday.

This roster move means a couple things. To state the obvious, Hawpe is now a playoff option for us and Andy Sonnanstine is not. The Rays are calling up Desmond Jennings, Jeremy Hellickson, Rocco Baldelli, and Dioner Navarro tomorrow, but none of them will be eligible for the Rays' post-season roster unless they're filling in for an injured player's spot.

Right now, the Rays have one potential post-season spot that they can fill and the added player has to be a pitcher since the injured player is J.P. Howell. That means unless more players currently on the Rays' roster come down with injuries between now and the post-season (cough*Cormier*cough), the Rays will have to choose between adding Jake McGee or Jeremy Hellickson to the bullpen. It's also possible that Gabe Kapler gets moved to the 60-day DL, which would allow the Rays to add Jennings or a position player to the roster, but that's idle speculation on my part. My guess is the Rays have another ace or two up their sleeves, but we'll have to wait to find out what they are.

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It's roster roulette

PIZZA?!?

by Transplanted on Aug 31, 2010 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

You should get that cough checked out

by Jonah Keri on Aug 31, 2010 11:23 PM EDT reply actions

I think it is the plague

He should be put on the DL so it does not spread

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by Jason Collette on Aug 31, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Jim Hickey can fix Cormier's roster spot

PIZZA?!?

by Transplanted on Aug 31, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Surely Cormier is just keeping Balfours seat warm at this point

Jun @TheRayTank

by Jun on Aug 31, 2010 11:35 PM EDT reply actions

This

next time Hickey and the boys play duck duck goose, Balfour will have the warm seat.

by The Juicer on Aug 31, 2010 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions

ok ill be the first to admit that im not "savy" on roster moves. Honestly have no clue.

But Andy has been an intracule part of the Rays over the last couple years and he is a moderatly decenent pitcher with a rubber arm and can hit a lil (NL). He has played a major part in the Rays system but this seems kinda cold… Couldn’t they put him on waivers maybe another team picks him up and he could be a major league starter again… just seems messed up to see Andy in A ball with all he’s given to the rays pitch in 8 run blow outs then to get sent down to A ball???

by slak96u on Aug 31, 2010 11:49 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

although im excited to see DJ hit in september this kid could be good 100 100 300 prob not but i hope he hits... cause CC is gonna be a big hole

by slak96u on Aug 31, 2010 11:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

What does this even mean?

Andy is taking one for the team, deal with it.

If this works, I want the copywrite and patent on the statistic.

Follow me: @SandyKazmir, read me @ Dockoftherays.com, feel me whenever you want.

by Sandy Kazmir on Sep 1, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions

Just FYI, if you want to keep commenting regularly, capitalize and use more punctuation.

Those two are big ones.

I love Casey Fossum. Now try and take me seriously.

by Steve Slowinski on Aug 31, 2010 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Umm...no. It's in our community guidelines and it's something we take seriously.

If you can’t do it, you won’t be able to post here anymore. Sorry, that’s the breaks.

I love Casey Fossum. Now try and take me seriously.

by Steve Slowinski on Sep 1, 2010 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions

wow is this a country club? i didnt see any guide line about punction and grammer?

by slak96u on Sep 1, 2010 12:23 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

When you clicked the check box to join the site:

You agreed to the terms of the blog. As the person who runs this blog, Steve might have some say in such things.

by MagicMark on Sep 1, 2010 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions

wow is this a country club? i didnt see any guide line about punction and grammer? Is this not a blog? Am i not a fan?.. Again orlando peeps hate this crap you wanna kick me off this blog go ahead... but the rays lose yet another fan....

Sorry do I need a gopher and some explosive’s to be cool…jesus this thread rides high shoulda been around in 08 I guess when all the fans became fans….

by slak96u on Sep 1, 2010 12:40 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

even though

I got a team in my back yard unlike many Rays fans… Drive to Atl or drive to ST Pete…

by slak96u on Sep 1, 2010 12:44 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I can't understand this. Which is the point.

by MagicMark on Sep 1, 2010 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure he's comparing himself to Chevy Chase

But, I might be misinterperating the punction too.

Shawn Camp earned my dog several beatings back in 2007

by wtbudlight on Aug 30, 2010 5:54 PM PDT

by IntrepidX on Sep 1, 2010 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions

Ban the fucker, imo

If this works, I want the copywrite and patent on the statistic.

Follow me: @SandyKazmir, read me @ Dockoftherays.com, feel me whenever you want.

by Sandy Kazmir on Sep 1, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Has to be someone trolling.

No way that’s real.

by firemangreg on Sep 1, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

fyi guys Marc Benarzyc got a job at a 7/11 near my house

i saw him fixing the Slurpee machine.

by The Juicer on Sep 1, 2010 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

This is great.

I so wish this was true.

by ReyL on Sep 1, 2010 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions

So no Rocco in the post-season unless someone gets hurt?

from Cubs Stats and Twitter @BradleyWoodrum

by BWoodrum on Sep 1, 2010 12:27 AM EDT reply actions

even wth my threats about bad grammer...

I’m way intrested to see how well Brad does… DJ is a big deal as well… Do I need a grammer coach???

by slak96u on Sep 1, 2010 1:13 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Why not take a break?

The caller said the boy, after removing the bulb from its socket, left the building and threw the bulb on the ground. When the bulb broke, the caller said the boy screamed "Free the slaves at traffic stops from false arrest and jury fixing"

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Sep 1, 2010 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Boooo

Andy not being available for the playoffs makes me sad. From watching the games, it’s my belief that he’s had a pretty decent year and has been particularly effective when the game was close. Excluding tonight, Cormier has done a pretty good job recently, but I’m not sure if that excuses his season of suck.

Not getting to the playoffs will take a monumental amount of fail… What we do when we get there is another matter.

Against the national league teams, he kicked their ass, pitching 13 and 2/3rds innings and giving up 6 runs (4 of those runs coming from a game which Shields had already blown us out of and were inconsequential). That’s an ERA under 4, and comes against… hmm lets see… the Braves, Padres, and Marlins. Why, those are some pretty damn good teams.

And he went back to back after pitching 4 2/3 innings against the Marlins in OT saving Maddon’s ass from some horrendously bad managerial decisions in the Marlins game.

IOW, he beat the NLs ass when the rest of the Rays, including their manager, looked like chumps.

Front… office… fail.

by PhD on Sep 1, 2010 1:45 AM EDT reply actions

Whoa there, you just skipped over the potential 12 playoff games we play against AL teams first.

Pull his season split vs. the Yankees. Hmm?

I like Sonny but he’s not a crucial part of a post-season pitching staff. There are better options for the starters and better options for 1-inning/situational guys.

by Lurch's Lobbyists on Sep 1, 2010 5:51 AM EDT up reply actions

No doubt

The problem with setting up the roster for the playoffs is it forces you to think to the end. Plenty of things can happen in between, and Andy isn’t the first guy I bring in for a close game against the Yankees.

But, I’ve seen our games against the Yankees this year. I feel we can take them with the roster even as it currently is.

Our games against the NL were pretty pathetic though. We lost 5 of the 6 series… Unfortunately Houston, the only team we didn’t lose to, won’t be making an appearance this post season.

by PhD on Sep 1, 2010 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Way too much stupid ITT.

Haddad is an arab name, all arabs are terrorists. At least some Indians are hilarious tech support geeks with mustaches and fake talk-shows

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Aug 18, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Sep 1, 2010 8:09 AM EDT reply actions

This. This thread needs more banhammer.

So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions

by kericr on Sep 1, 2010 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions

I am confused?

I thought if a player recieved playing time at the MLB on the 25 man roster during a season their team makes the playoffs then they are eligable for postseason roster regardless of their position (ie AAA, AA or A) on September 1st.

In that case both Hellickson aND Sonnanstine are still eligable for postseason play. Am I wrong?

by raysnghell on Sep 1, 2010 4:53 PM EDT reply actions