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So Dustin started to throw again yesterday. They have to build up his arm strength again & lengthen him out so it's going to take a minimum of 6 more weeks- so the week of June 4th is about the earliest he'd be back.

That's 7 or 8 starts that the new 5th starter (Hutchinson?) is going to get. We'll see if Drew takes the opportunity and runs with it.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... r&c_id=tor

We should generally assume that McGowan is a write-off and that anything we get from him is a bonus. That way, we don't help him shoulder unreasonable expectations.

tsherkin wrote:We should generally assume that McGowan is a write-off and that anything we get from him is a bonus. That way, we don't help him shoulder unreasonable expectations.

He hes gotta live up to that long term deal.. come on now I want value on my 3+ Mil

WpgPage wrote:

tsherkin wrote:We should generally assume that McGowan is a write-off and that anything we get from him is a bonus. That way, we don't help him shoulder unreasonable expectations.

He hes gotta live up to that long term deal.. come on now I want value on my 3+ Mil

You do realize that 3M is around .6 fWAR, which is slightly less than Jo-Jo Reyes posted last season. 3M in baseball money is a joke, if he has 1 season like Jo-Jo Reyes did last season we got more than we paid for. This is why it was such a great deal for us.

flatjacket1 wrote:

WpgPage wrote:He hes gotta live up to that long term deal.. come on now I want value on my 3+ Mil

You do realize that 3M is around .6 fWAR, which is slightly less than Jo-Jo Reyes posted last season. 3M in baseball money is a joke, if he has 1 season like Jo-Jo Reyes did last season we got more than we paid for. This is why it was such a great deal for us.

He was being facetious. Everybody knows the contract is negligible.

Well if the 5th really turns out to be Jesse Chavez, I'm pretty sure we're all gonna start jonesing for Mr. McGowan's return.

And he shouldn't be facetious in public, that's disgusting.

well we're gonna be finding out soon who the 5th starter is going to be very soon, no? Going to be interesting..

tsherkin wrote:We should generally assume that McGowan is a write-off and that anything we get from him is a bonus. That way, we don't help him shoulder unreasonable expectations.

I see what you did there.

RapsFanInVA wrote:

tsherkin wrote:We should generally assume that McGowan is a write-off and that anything we get from him is a bonus. That way, we don't help him shoulder unreasonable expectations.

I see what you did there.

Hehe.

McGowan shut down for 2 weeks.

John Lott@LottOnBaseball
Mcgowan shut down again. Sore shoulder, saw Dr. Andrews yesterday. MRI showed no structural damage. No timetable, etc., etc.

Feel bad for him after getting all the way back. Also makes his weird contract extension look a bit stupid.

Shoulder inflammation is what it is!

I will say it again, we can't count on this guy, it's setback after setback, Dusty will never be an impact pitcher for us again, his career as a starter is over.

Attonitus wrote:I will say it again, we can't count on this guy, it's setback after setback, Dusty will never be an impact pitcher for us again, his career as a starter is over.

If he didn't sign that contract extension, his career would be over! Bold statement right there.