Series Thread: Blue Jays @ Athletics (Aug 18-21)

[Weems]

8/18, 10:05 PM ET on Sportsnet
Ricky Romero (11-9, 2.87 ERA) vs. Trevor Cahill (9-11, 3.92 ERA)

8/19, 10:05 PM ET on Sportsnet
Brett Cecil (4-5, 4.38 ERA) vs. Rich Harden (3-2, 4.50 ERA)

8/20: 9:05 ET on Sportsnet
Henderson Alvarez (0-0, 5.91 ERA) vs. Gio Gonzalez (9-11, 3.36 ERA)

8/21: 4:05 ET on Sportsnet
Luis Perez (2-2, 3.71 ERA, not Brad Mills) vs. Guillermo Moscoso (6-6, 3.48 ERA)

[sonn]

Sunday is a guaranteed loss.

[SharoneWright]

lol. nice burn on Mills.

[Relentless88]

Why is Mills still here?...

[JoeyBats]

Three out of Four.

[Nocturne]

I hope Cecil brings his A game this time around and I also want to see Alvarez pitch further into the game.

Brad Mill's game is a guaranteed loss >.<, no expectations for a win on that game.

[Geddy]

My hopes for pulling out the broom have been dashed

[Kaizen]

No seriously, what possible reason is there to not send Mills down? I do not get it. He pitched well in Triple A and deserved a shot in the bigs. He got it and sucked. Now send him back where he belongs.

[youreachiteach]

I think he's holding McGowan's spot. The Jays play the Royals and Rays and he is facing Oakland today. These are fairly weak opponents in a year when winning is irrelevant. The Jays would rather he suck up a few starts until McGowan gets to 90 pitches because they don't want to upset the apple cart with their prospects (who are doing quite nicely at the moment). He probably only has to make one more start after this one (McGowan needs two starts of 5 innings). Who knows? Maybe he avoids getting embarrassed and pitches better the next two games.

They could have Perez do it but he's been used an awful lot lately. So yes, he's stretched out--but far too much. They could have Litsch do one but he's excelling where he is. Bottom line is that there is no one outside of Molina or Carreno or Drabek to come up--and the Jays don't think they are ready yet.

[Trilogy]

I don't get it either. I guess the Jays don't want to move Perez/Litsch out of the pen as the probably see their future there and all the minors guys have some kind of issue.

McGowan: Not ready
Drabek: Still needs work
Carreno: Control problems
Jenkins/McGuire: Too early?

But, they will almost certainly bring up Carreno in September anyways since he is on the 40 man roster. Why not just do it now and get him a couple starts before the competition gets watered down in September?

Burning another start on Mills is just a waste of time.

[hyper316]

the danger is if mills have a 50/50 outing, dunno if to keep him or send him down and end up giving him another chance. either he implodes or shows miracle stuff, nothing in between plz

[MGD24]

Tonight's lineup;

Yunel Escobar SS
Eric Thames LF
Jose Bautista RF
Adam Lind 1B
Edwin Encarnacion DH
Colby Rasmus CF
Brett Lawrie 3B
Aaron Hill 2B
J.P. Arencibia C

[silverhill27]

Carreno up, Mills down per official blue jays twitter

[Kaizen]

Great news.

[BigLeagueChew]

Carreno up, Mills down per official blue jays twitter

sweep

[silverhill27]

Now the question is whether Perez or Carreno starts

[There There]

Carreno up, Mills down per official blue jays twitter

Thank **** god. This organization knows Joel Carreno's name afterall. Sunday just got a whole lot more intriguing.

[JoeyBats]

Carreno up, Mills down per official blue jays twitter

Thank **** god. This organization knows Joel Carreno's name afterall. Sunday just got a whole lot more intriguing.

Anyone else smells a possible sweep ?

[BigLeagueChew]

Carreno up, Mills down per official blue jays twitter

sweep

Carreno up, Mills down per official blue jays twitter

Thank **** god. This organization knows Joel Carreno's name afterall. Sunday just got a whole lot more intriguing.

Anyone else smells a possible sweep ?

[Weems]

Respect his authority!