Wouldn't that make him ineligible for the postseason? If the plan was to do that why not just leave him on the DL a little longer so he would be eligible for the postseason? I really don't see a playoff roster spot as that realistic on August 8th. First of all, I don't see how he will be able to show enough to jump up into one of our top 4 starters, so he isn't on the roster to start games. So he will have to show that he can be comfortable coming out of the pen, plus better than the established pen guys to actually take a spot from them. With a 7 man pen in the playoffs, you are going go with: Hader, Jeffress, Soria, Knebel, Jennings, Burnes, "Up for Grabs" (starter?)