Randle McMurphy wrote:I just think the Jays are running out of options to throw extended innings in the majors right now and saw Pearson as one of the few available options in the organization to do so today. With him changing his mechanics around, I'm not sure they would have done this so soon without all the injuries.
That feels about right, they don't have anyone else on the 40 man roster who they can promote, and with three or four pitchers now on the 60-day DL but not out for the season, they have to consider whom they would dump - trade or DFA - to open up a roster spots when those guys are reinstated. The five catcher thing on the 40 man roster is a bit of an obstacle, because two of the five - Riley and Moreno - have prospect value but need to play a lot, so they aren't the temporary solution for Kirk's absence. I can't see anyone aside from Manoah as a starter I might promote, and I am against promoting him in a panic move. If he comes up before August or September, I want him to force the decision.
As for Pearson, in my uneducated opinion, he's a year away. He seems like the kind of high end prospect who needs a lot of minor league innings to toughen his skin. I didn't like his body language today, both on the field and between innings in the dugout where he was pacing around like he was totally askew mentally, not in control at all of his emotions. That's very concerning at this stage, and why I feel he has to add confidence through minor league experience. Manoah on the other hand sounds like a supremely confident type, almost egotistically so, and that kind of self-belief never hurts with a high end athlete, it's what makes many of the good ones even better.
