Don't know if this was mentioned before (don't see anything), but Luis Ayala was called up to fill the void created by sending Sean West to AA. He was in-uniform at Sunday's game.

 

In order to make this move and add Ayala to the 40-man, Anibal Sanchez was moved from the 15 to 60 day DL.

 

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I doubt we see Anibal Sanchez pitch with the marlin again.

Anibal will probably be back this season. The 60-day DL was needed to free up a roster spot and it doesn't really change the length of his injury. But I'm leading the charge as far as it comes to not giving him a rotation spot unless there is one wide open.

 

But he will probably be Mitre'd after this year (in other news, Sergio is likely to get called up to the Yanks soon).

Anibal will probably be back this season. The 60-day DL was needed to free up a roster spot and it doesn't really change the length of his injury. But I'm leading the charge as far as it comes to not giving him a rotation spot unless there is one wide open.

 

But he will probably be Mitre'd after this year (in other news, Sergio is likely to get called up to the Yanks soon).

 

 

 

Good news for Rab, I guess.

Whether it happens or not he'll be eligible to pitch again the end of the first week in August. He originally went on the DL the first week of June so it's already been roughly five weeks.

 

Re: Ayala. While his stay with NOLA was brief he performed well in this three one inning appearances giving up no runs and a single hit with three strikeouts.

Gah, Sanchez is frustrating.

re: anibal and optioning that was brought up earlier, e-mailed the Cots guy

 

Thanks for visiting the site.

 

You ask a good question. I don't know if the arbitrator who heard the Sanchez grievance ruled on the issue of whether the 2007 demotion should count as an option year. The news reports I saw on the grievance didn't include any details beyond Sanchez being awarded Major League pay and Major League service for 2007.

 

My guess is that the ruling voided the option and there is one remaining. But in the big picture, I'm not sure it matters at this point.

 

Now that Sanchez is injured again, the Marlins couldn't option him out again even if he had an option year left. They did manage to free up his spot on the 40-man roster by moving him to the 60-day DL. But he's still earning ML service and a ML salary - again. In theory, the Marlins could option him out again when he's healthy again in 2010.

 

Even if 2007 counts as the third option year, the Marlins have another route to go. They could petition MLB for a fourth option year because he'd have been optioned three times without having 5 full seasons (at least 90 days on an active roster) of pro experience. (His 2004 short-season NY Penn League does not count, and he was only active for 34 days in 2007.) So he has just four full seasons of pro ball - 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

 

However, Sanchez now will be eligible for arbitration this off-season, so it wouldn't surprise me to see Florida deal him over the winter.

 

Sorry I can't give you something more concrete. Hope that helps.

 

 

So it seems, if we wanted to, we could option him. I don't know if I agree with it. But at the same time the guy has continually pitched even though he's injured, he obviously wants to play but he's being dumb about it and just hasn't performed well for several years running. If we strait up tell him he's going to AAA the second he's off the 60 day, no ifs and buts, and isn't up until he proves he's healthy and ready, I wonder if that'll make him take hit time. I dont know if we'll ever see the control he had before thanks to the surgery but the guy should still be a quality starter.

Anibal will probably be back this season. The 60-day DL was needed to free up a roster spot and it doesn't really change the length of his injury. But I'm leading the charge as far as it comes to not giving him a rotation spot unless there is one wide open.

 

But he will probably be Mitre'd after this year (in other news, Sergio is likely to get called up to the Yanks soon).

 

 

 

Good news for Rab, I guess.

Oh, how'd you know?

re: anibal and optioning that was brought up earlier, e-mailed the Cots guy

 

Thanks for visiting the site.

 

You ask a good question. I don't know if the arbitrator who heard the Sanchez grievance ruled on the issue of whether the 2007 demotion should count as an option year. The news reports I saw on the grievance didn't include any details beyond Sanchez being awarded Major League pay and Major League service for 2007.

 

My guess is that the ruling voided the option and there is one remaining. But in the big picture, I'm not sure it matters at this point.

 

Now that Sanchez is injured again, the Marlins couldn't option him out again even if he had an option year left. They did manage to free up his spot on the 40-man roster by moving him to the 60-day DL. But he's still earning ML service and a ML salary - again. In theory, the Marlins could option him out again when he's healthy again in 2010.

 

Even if 2007 counts as the third option year, the Marlins have another route to go. They could petition MLB for a fourth option year because he'd have been optioned three times without having 5 full seasons (at least 90 days on an active roster) of pro experience. (His 2004 short-season NY Penn League does not count, and he was only active for 34 days in 2007.) So he has just four full seasons of pro ball - 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

 

However, Sanchez now will be eligible for arbitration this off-season, so it wouldn't surprise me to see Florida deal him over the winter.

 

Sorry I can't give you something more concrete. Hope that helps.

 

 

So it seems, if we wanted to, we could option him. I don't know if I agree with it. But at the same time the guy has continually pitched even though he's injured, he obviously wants to play but he's being dumb about it and just hasn't performed well for several years running. If we strait up tell him he's going to AAA the second he's off the 60 day, no ifs and buts, and isn't up until he proves he's healthy and ready, I wonder if that'll make him take hit time. I dont know if we'll ever see the control he had before thanks to the surgery but the guy should still be a quality starter.

 

i agree, it shows that the guy wants to play and contribute to the team. but he really needs to realize he's hurting both himself and the organization by trying to play through pain. hopefully the team performs well for the rest of the season and he can continue to rehab until next season and hopefully be at full strength.

re: anibal and optioning that was brought up earlier, e-mailed the Cots guy

 

Thanks for visiting the site.

 

You ask a good question. I don't know if the arbitrator who heard the Sanchez grievance ruled on the issue of whether the 2007 demotion should count as an option year. The news reports I saw on the grievance didn't include any details beyond Sanchez being awarded Major League pay and Major League service for 2007.

 

My guess is that the ruling voided the option and there is one remaining. But in the big picture, I'm not sure it matters at this point.

 

Now that Sanchez is injured again, the Marlins couldn't option him out again even if he had an option year left. They did manage to free up his spot on the 40-man roster by moving him to the 60-day DL. But he's still earning ML service and a ML salary - again. In theory, the Marlins could option him out again when he's healthy again in 2010.

 

Even if 2007 counts as the third option year, the Marlins have another route to go. They could petition MLB for a fourth option year because he'd have been optioned three times without having 5 full seasons (at least 90 days on an active roster) of pro experience. (His 2004 short-season NY Penn League does not count, and he was only active for 34 days in 2007.) So he has just four full seasons of pro ball - 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

 

However, Sanchez now will be eligible for arbitration this off-season, so it wouldn't surprise me to see Florida deal him over the winter.

 

Sorry I can't give you something more concrete. Hope that helps.

 

 

So it seems, if we wanted to, we could option him. I don't know if I agree with it. But at the same time the guy has continually pitched even though he's injured, he obviously wants to play but he's being dumb about it and just hasn't performed well for several years running. If we strait up tell him he's going to AAA the second he's off the 60 day, no ifs and buts, and isn't up until he proves he's healthy and ready, I wonder if that'll make him take hit time. I dont know if we'll ever see the control he had before thanks to the surgery but the guy should still be a quality starter.

 

Even if he took his time coming back, that wouldn't prevent him from re-injuring his shoulder. The fact that his shoulder is so prone to injury means that he just isn't worth the money he is going to earn in arbitration. It's as simple as that. Sometimes you have to cut loose- the Cubs did it with Mark Prior and he was much better than Anibal.

 

Anibal has had something like 4 shoulder injuries in the last 5-6 years. Let a team that doesn't need to make every dollar matter take a chance on him.