Pitching Depth - What To Do Post AJ

Wednesday, July 09 2008 @ 03:44 PM EDT

Contributed by: John Northey

We now have Marcum and McGowan on the DL with AJ likely to be moving soon. So, who fills in those 3 open slots?

Checking AAA starters we can see who is there and likely to get a shot...

Player Age W L G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA WHIP
David Purcey 26 6 6 16 16 97 78 8 33 100 2.97 1.14
Bill Murphy 27 5 5 18 17 96.2 98 8 55 94 5.03 1.58
Kane Davis 33 6 7 16 15 86.2 96 4 28 61 4.15 1.43
John Parrish 30 10 1 15 11 82 73 4 35 90 2.74 1.32
Davis Romero 25 3 6 17 17 69.1 68 7 25 54 3.89 1.34
Michael MacDonald 26 1 0 21 4 55.2 54 5 15 34 2.75 1.24

Parrish is currently filling in for Marcum, Purcey is the next likely to come up. Murphy is a left hander who I'd rather not see in the majors with the Jays. Kane Davis was said to have been released somewhere but appears to still be on the Syracuse roster. Davis Romero is only getting 4 IP per start, getting 6+ just once in his last 10 starts. MacDonald could be a surprise candidate given he has gone 5-4-6 IP his last 3 starts and has a 1.82 ERA over his last 10 games (29 IP, 21 H, 6 BB, 16 K).

Down in AA...
Player Age W L G GS IP H HR BB SO ERA WHIP
Brandon Magee 24 1 11 17 17 91.1 120 10 42 34 5.81 1.77
Scott Richmond (AAA now)
 28 5 8 16 16 89.2 89 14 30 84 4.92 1.33
Ricardo Romero 23 4 5 16 16 88.2 113 8 41 61 5.99 1.74
A.J. Wideman (Dunedin now)
 23 3 8 13 11 63.1 85 10 29 25 6.39 1.8
Brett Cecil 21 3 1 13 13 52.2 45 3 18 54 2.91 1.2
Julio Pinto 23 4 2 14 3 36.1 50 2 13 22 5.94 1.73
Robert Ray 24 3 1 4 4 29.1 27 0 6 20 0.92 1.13


We have wonderkid Brett Cecil and ... er ... an explanation of why NH stinks this year. Plus Robert Ray who kills AA so far after a decent turn in Dunedin earlier this year (13 starts, 70 IP, 18 BB, 60 K, 6 HR). Cecil could get a call up if JP is being super aggressive. Cecil certainly is showing his stuff is more than enough for AA and just might be ready. They say with pitchers that once they are ready you are just wasting their arms in the minors so lets go for it with Cecil.

Thus, in my opinion, the call ups should go to Parrish (here already), Purcey (maybe Cito can give him the confidence boost needed to get over his ML nerve attack), and Cecil plus a lot of hope Marcum and McGowan aren't out for long or that JP gets another young starter in exchange for AJ.

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