Posted July 21, 201014 yr Nate Robertson has been designated for assginment Brett Hayes has been placed on 15-day DL with left wrist contusion Brad Davis and Jorge Sosa have been promoted
July 21, 201014 yr #Marlins Nate Robertson Designated for assignment, Brett Hayes DL, Jorge Sosa contract selected, C Brad Davis contract selected @ Jorge Sosa
July 21, 201014 yr Sosa? This seemingly makes no sense so heres my take... Sosa is up only for 3-4 days until Nate's next scheduled start which is Sunday, I expect Sosa to be sent down Saturday and either Volstad or West up for Sunday... You gotta believe that Sosa is only here as an extra bullpen arm for a few days.
July 21, 201014 yr At first blush Sosa is a :banghead but when you look at his recent appearances as a reliever mostly one inning stints, one or two longer, there's an awful lot of goose eggs there and a 2.61 ERA as a reliever overall. You have to keep your fingers crossed that he is in fact headed for the bullpen based on his work in NOLA but that still leaves a spot in the rotation to fill. On the otherhand they don't need their fifth starter for another four or five days so they have time to pad the BP with an extra guy while they decide who to insert in the starting five.
July 21, 201014 yr Brad Davis has been swinging a pretty good bat all season in NOLA but I admit to not knowing alot about his receivger abilities. He has been the #1 guy in NOLA for some time now so that says something. What, I'm not exactly sure.
July 21, 201014 yr i think putting Robertson on designated for assginment good move he not playing to be our 5 starter i think his days on marlins are number or finish now question who will replace him on rotation????? i think it be someone from jacksonville or bullpen
July 21, 201014 yr I don't see Robertson clearing waivers. I think there's a better than 50% chance you're correct especially if the acquiring team has a plan to use him in the pen. This could also be a roster (clearing) move as much as anything else.
July 21, 201014 yr Nate Robertson has been designated for assginment Brett Hayes has been placed on 15-day DL with left wrist contusion Brad Davis and Jorge Sosa have been promoted Dvais looks good stat wise in AAA. Batting avg, hr's, and rbi's wise at least. Barden is batting .429 :blink: in AAA? I thought he was gone.
July 21, 201014 yr I checked....Barden has 4 RBI's in the last two games in AAA! :blink:...arrest that man, that ain't no Brian Barden.
July 21, 201014 yr Nate Robertson has been designated for assginment Brett Hayes has been placed on 15-day DL with left wrist contusion Brad Davis and Jorge Sosa have been promoted Dvais looks good stat wise in AAA. Batting avg, hr's, and rbi's wise at least. Barden is batting .429 :blink: in AAA? I thought he was gone. They routed someone in the last couple of days, I forget what team and everyone and their brother it seemed walked away with two or three hits each, including Barden. It does go to show you that some guys need to play everyday too and coming in off the bench in a pinch-hitting role is not as easy as it sounds. Half a season of trying and underachieving says to me he's one of those guys who just isn't cut out for it.
July 21, 201014 yr Nate Robertson has been designated for assginment Brett Hayes has been placed on 15-day DL with left wrist contusion Brad Davis and Jorge Sosa have been promoted Dvais looks good stat wise in AAA. Batting avg, hr's, and rbi's wise at least. Barden is batting .429 :blink: in AAA? I thought he was gone. They routed someone in the last couple of days, I forget what team and everyone and their brother it seemed walked away with two or three hits each, including Barden. It does go to show you that some guys need to play everyday too and coming in off the bench in a pinch-hitting role is not as easy as it sounds. Half a season of trying and underachieving says to me he's one of those guys who just isn't cut out for it. I looked at his minor league stats over the years and he had some good years.
July 21, 201014 yr I don't see Robertson clearing waivers. I think there's a better than 50% chance you're correct especially if the acquiring team has a plan to use him in the pen. This could also be a roster (clearing) move as much as anything else. I would put this at about 99%. This costs a contender nothing to get a presumably competent lefty in the bullpen. I don't expect to get anything significant back, but I do see the team getting at least a Jay Voss prospect type back. And Volstad has to be coming up in a few days. West still needs the innings to rebuild his arm strength.
July 21, 201014 yr Good luck Nate, you tried your best for us. C'mon guys don't be down on someone after they leave. Stay positive ! :thumbup
July 21, 201014 yr Good luck Nate, you tried your best for us. C'mon guys don't be down on someone after they leave. Stay positive ! :thumbup His best wasn't that good. He shouldn't be down on himself, he is making all that money from Det this year. Gotta love silly MLB contracts.
July 21, 201014 yr My guess is Sosa is only here for the bullpen help since they've been worked the last few games and by the next 5th spot in the rotation Volstad or West will be recalled to start.
July 21, 201014 yr You never know. Sosa could have a turn around like Veres. Unlikely, but maybe possible. I wonder if there was completely no interest in Nate when Beinfest worked the phones, presumably last night, and decided that having him around in the bigs is just someone taking a roster spot that could otherwise be used better, so down he goes, with the hope that since no one was "interested" in a trade, no one will pick him up.
July 21, 201014 yr You never know. Sosa could have a turn around like Veres. Unlikely, but maybe possible. I wonder if there was completely no interest in Nate when Beinfest worked the phones, presumably last night, and decided that having him around in the bigs is just someone taking a roster spot that could otherwise be used better, so down he goes, with the hope that since no one was "interested" in a trade, no one will pick him up. Why buy the cow when the milk is free? Calling around to move Robertson probably happened days if not weeks ago and every GM knew this was coming. Wait a few days and with a little luck you can have him for free, and if you're really lucky you can be in a position to sign him to a minor league contract so you don't have to burn a roster spot. the worst that happens is you give up a B prospect to go to the head of the line. It's cruel but that's how it works.
July 21, 201014 yr Author I wouldn't be upset if Robertson never pitched for the Marlins again (even out of the bullpen).
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