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Apparently 2 Position players and 5 Pitchers. Guess who?

5 more pitchers??

we need hitters not pitchers!

JP said only players with MLB Experience so no Dopirak, Arencibia, Stewart...I at leasted wanted to see Dopirak up, now we get to see more Kevin Millar

Hoopstarrzz wrote:5 more pitchers??

we need hitters not pitchers!

The problem is that you need to be on the 40-man roster to be called up. We have almost no inactive hitters on the 40-man...no one in the minors other than Inglett, in fact, so my guess is that two already inactive pitchers will be moved to the 60-day DL (which doesn't count against the 40-man).

Garmfay's note that only guys with ML experience will be coming up surprised me a touch, not because I expected a Dopirak in this wave (still possible in a week, when the AAA season ends), but because I thought Kyle Phillips was the most likely second position player, as teams love to carry three catchers through September.

As for the call-ups, my guesses:

Pitchers - David Purcey, Fabio Castro (contract purchased), Jeremy Accardo, Dirk Hayhurst, and Brian Wolfe.

Hitters - Joe Inglett, Buck Coats.

Schadenfreude wrote:

Hoopstarrzz wrote:5 more pitchers??

we need hitters not pitchers!

The problem is that you need to be on the 40-man roster to be called up. We have almost no inactive hitters on the 40-man...no one in the minors other than Inglett, in fact, so my guess is that two already inactive pitchers will be moved to the 60-day DL (which doesn't count against the 40-man).

Garmfay's note that only guys with ML experience will be coming up surprised me a touch, not because I expected a Dopirak in this wave (still possible in a week, when the AAA season ends), but because I thought Kyle Phillips was the most likely second position player, as teams love to carry three catchers through September.

As for the call-ups, my guesses:

Pitchers - David Purcey, Fabio Castro (contract purchased), Jeremy Accardo, Dirk Hayhurst, and Brian Wolfe.

Hitters - Joe Inglett, Buck Coats.

JP did say a 3rd catcher was likely to be called up so I think Phillips is the guy

Interesting...Phillips has no ML experience, so perhaps what he really meant was "no one who could be confused with a prospect". Or perhaps he forgot that Kyle Phillips isn't Jason Phillips.

One thing about Phillips: Baseball Prospectus has his peak equivalent average translation at .255 using his PCL stats, against the major league average is .260 (similar to a PER of 15 in the NBA, that never changes). That would better Barajas (.239) and Chavez (.217), though bettering Barajas and Chavez doesn't take a tonne of effort.

Hopefully he performs well enough to be the placeholder at catcher next year.

Dopirak must be pissed to know he won't be called up. So far 2 for 2 with a HR and 2 RBIs

He might still get his chance. The Jays have four guys they can 60-day (Litsch, McGowan, Marcum, and Barrett, who does in fact still exist); adding Castro and Phillips would take up two of 'em, and Dopirak plus perhaps one of Sanchez/Howard/Coats could fill the other.

They could theoretically 60-day Cecil and Zip as well and call up the whole lot of them, but that would create a demented roster crunch in the off-season.

Schadenfreude wrote:He might still get his chance. The Jays have four guys they can 60-day (Litsch, McGowan, Marcum, and Barrett, who does in fact still exist); adding Castro and Phillips would take up two of 'em, and Dopirak plus perhaps one of Sanchez/Howard/Coats could fill the other.

They could theoretically 60-day Cecil and Zip as well and call up the whole lot of them, but that would create a demented roster crunch in the off-season.

What happened to Barrett? He was on a rehab assignment then disappeared..