Pirates vs. Reds, 2 June 2008

With shoulder injury … this doesn’t look good.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894414-63.stm

Dumatrait or Snell is going to be back on schedule. Marte probably 1st choice…then Sanchez or Chavez for closer. With Capps out 8 weeks…they could put him on 60 day DL…and he’d be eligible to come back right around Labor Day. If it’s sooner…they will probably need to add Chavez to the 40 man…and drop someone. We’ve already gotta do it for Duffy in the next 48 hours. Looks like 2 guys may lose slots on the 40 man.

...isn’t really losing the closer. It is losing a competent reliever. Everyone in the pen now pitches an inning later. And the pen didn’t have that many competent arms to begin with…..

http://post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894457-100.stm

Sounds like it’s just through the weekend…as we don’t need a starter until early next week, when Dumatrait and Snell will be returning.

starting out with a lead.

God I hope so.

of pitchers to call up. Hope Dumatrait is healthy enough to go next week. Otherwise, someone’s (at least 1 or 2) gonna get DFA’d in the next few days. About all that’s left starter wise is Herrera. Taubenheim and Barthmaier can’t come back before early next week without an injury. And Bullington appears to be buried (and a candidate for DFA).

so he and Barthmaier (pitching for Indy) would be on proper rest to go Monday or Tuesday, if Dumatrait and Snell are not ready on time.

just got home….very surprized to hear about Capps

he’s making his longest appearance of the year.

www.awfulannouncing.com

The video with Skip Bayliss.

at least with walking Bruce…the ball stayed in the building.

but 2 out of 3 isnt terrible

after a typical atrocious JVB start, with something along the lines of ,　”I never want to see JVB pitch again. That is all.”

Well, obviously necessity forced the Pirates` hand in giving JVB another start this year, but isn`t it about time, regardless of the injury problems, for the team to move JVB to the `pen full time? And this includes his time at Indy. I`d like to believe when can still get some useful work out of our investment in him-like we seem to finally be getting with Sean Burnett-but it`s glaringly obvious that any chance for that is going to have to come for a back-of-the-bullpen spot, and not in the rotation.

Another win. We are 40-44. It`s due in part to some good overall offensive production the first half of the season, but I think we also have to give credit to some of the competition playing so poorly.