Who goes when Gagne/Choate come back from the DL?

[hawing]

A little bit of me would die if Kapler were sent down and he was claimed by some other team.

[dadofandrew]

Baring injury, Stetter or DiFelice would seem to be on the hot seats.

[TooLiveBrew]

Unless they keep 13 pitchers again... especially when this time it would seem to make sense to do so.

[dadofandrew]

I would assume Dillon would be the one going down if that were to be the case...as good as the SP has been, I would doubt it, but Joe's seat may be a bit warm.

[orca1963]

Who is likely to get sent down when Gagne and Choate are called up? I would have thought Bush a few weeks ago but the last two outings must have made that a bit tougher to pull the trigger on.

[yoyo49]

difelice and stetter

[endaround]

Choate won't be in Milwaukee

[paulmolitor4]

Difelice will likely get sent down when Gagne comes back, but Choate won't be called up unless Stetter falls on his face again.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

You could always DFA Bill Hall. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

 

 

[zzzmanwitz]

You could always DFA Bill Hall. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

 

 

 

I guess I don't find it to be all that funny at this point.

[BrewCrewForever]

As far as I know Choate has no options so if he is not on the big club he becomes a free agent? I don't know if they would want him over Stetter as a 2nd lefty to Shouse or not. As for Gagne, I would assume it will be DiFelice or Dillon.

[steve267268]

A little bit of me would die if Kapler were even sent down at all... forget him getting nabbed by someone else, he's a good ball player.. Why would we send him down?

 

Dillon

[dvoiss]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but a bigger question for me is when Gagne does come back does he get his closer job back? I certainly hope not.

[brewcrew00]

They already said Torres would keep the job, and hope that Gagne will work out in the 8th inning role.

[dvoiss]

They already said Torres would keep the job, and hope that Gagne will work out in the 8th inning role.

Thanks. I hadn't heard that.

[kramnoj]

As far as I know Choate has no options so if he is not on the big club he becomes a free agent? I don't know if they would want him over Stetter as a 2nd lefty to Shouse or not. As for Gagne, I would assume it will be DiFelice or Dillon.

 

I believe Choate signed a split contract. If I understand that correctly, it means that the Brewers can keep him in the minors now, but if he gets called up to the majors, he will need to stay up or clear waivers if sent down. I'm sure someone will correct me if I got that wrong.

[Brawndo the Thirst Mutilat]

The broadcast team said that Gagne will be activated tomorrow. Unlike when Riske returned, they refrained from speculation about who will be sent down (Melvin burned them last time by DFAing Tavarez after they'd run a brief segment on the pre-game show stating that DiFelice would be sent down and "Boy, isn't it a feel-good story Mark DiFelice got to have a cup of coffee in the bigs?").

 

I think Gagne's activation is a shame. I can't think of anyone one in the pen I would prefer Gagne to. Maybe Mota?

 

There's no reason they shouldn't have simply let him rot in AAA until he proved he could at least get AAA hitters out, even if that meant he stayed down there the rest of the season.

[kramnoj]

There's no reason they shouldn't have simply let him rot in AAA until he proved he could at least get AAA hitters out, even if that meant he stayed down there the rest of the season.

 

Is that true? I thought that a team couldn't make a player stay on the DL if they felt healthy. And if Gagne isn't on the DL, they can't keep him in AAA.

[BrewCrewForever]

I just hope Gagne comes back and proves to be a good 7th or 8th inning guy and proves all the naysayers wrong.

[sgtcluels]

According to JSOnline, Gagne is to throw another BP session today and re-evaluate if he's ready to come off the DL.

[Brawndo the Thirst Mutilat]

Is that true? I thought that a team couldn't make a player stay on the DL if they felt healthy. And if Gagne isn't on the DL, they can't keep him in AAA.

 

I'm dumb -- you're right (mostly). Both ESPN and the transactions FAQ here agree that rehab stints in the minors can last a maximum of 30 days (20 if you're not a pitcher). So it was certainly dumb of me to suggest "letting him rot down there all season".

 

Of course, Gagne's rehab stint lasted 3 days (unless the clock was already running before his first AAA appearance). By my count, that leaves 27 more days they could have let him rot down there if he continued to stink. And really, if he hasn't gotten it together by the end of that month, why not just release him at that point?

 

(Aside -- I'm not anywhere near as objective on Gagne as I usually am. I don't guess that I really even feel like trying to be. I hate him. I always have.)

[kramnoj]

Of course, Gagne's rehab stint lasted 3 days (unless the clock was already running before his first AAA appearance). By my count, that leaves 27 more days they could have let him rot down there if he continued to stink. And really, if he hasn't gotten it together by the end of that month, why not just release him at that point?

 

The other point here is that the player has to agree with the rehab assignment. I think it's fairly clear that Gagne wouldn't allow himself to stay down longer. If he feels he's ready and the team keeps him there, Gagne probably has the union appeal. I don't know what actual penalties the team would face, but it's probably something they just want to avoid.