IGT, 3/9, vs. Astros

[Benjamin Grimm]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Problem is, this may be the only time we have too many good arms; the best of the backenders are likely to walk if they don't latch on to the bottom rung. Beato's Rule V, Misch and Acosta are out of options, and Isringhausen won't go to the minors if he's cut. Whoever the odd man (or men) is, he's probably lost.

Or those guys can be kept (in part) because of their statuses, and the guys who can go to Buffalo will, and they'll be there if Acosta, Izzy, Beato, etc. get injured or struggle.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Problem is, this may be the only time we have too many good arms; the best of the backenders are likely to walk if they don't latch on to the bottom rung. Beato's Rule V, Misch and Acosta are out of options, and Isringhausen won't go to the minors if he's cut. Whoever the odd man (or men) is, he's probably lost. Or those guys can be kept (in part) because of their statuses, and the guys who can go to Buffalo will, and they'll be there if Acosta, Izzy, Beato, etc. get injured or struggle.

Unless you're sending down somebody like Parnell (who does have options left, IIRC), there isn't room for all of those guys to make the team. The vertitable locks are Frankie, Buchholz, Carrasco, Parnell, and at least one LOOGYish lefty (Byrdak/O'Connor/Tankersley).

[Benjamin Grimm]

I expect that Misch will end up being the out-of-options guy who's deemed the most expendable. They might be able to sneak him through waivers if they wait until later in the spring, when the other teams have less flexibility. (At least, I think that's how it works.)

But the math is still tricky. It looks like only two of Acosta, Izzy, and Beato will be able to make the team, unless there's a trade or injury.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Gameday says so. Nine pitches, nine strikes, zero balls. Gameday is stupid. It's not tracking balls and strikes in spring. Every BB is a 4 ball walk, every K is a 3 strike one, and every out is on the first pitch. but we'll go with it. Long Live Acosta.

11 pitches as it turns out. No balls but two fouls were mixed in.
Of course it was against three guys you've never heard of ... but no need to be choosy here.