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Tuesday, May 09, 2006 |
McPherson Up, Kotchman To DL
Rotoworld says Dallas McPherson has been called up from Salt Lake and Casey Kotchman has been sent to the 15-day DL with mono. (Also found in ESPN's transactions page.) Both of these are a joke; if Kotchman indeed contracted mono late last year, it's unlikely he'll be usable within 15 days, but this is the club hedging its bets. McPherson isn't swinging the bat that much better than he has, four-game homer streak notwithstanding; he still strikes out a ton and opposition pitchers know that. He should be batting seventh or eighth, and is very unlikely at this point to help the club. Worse, it'll probably ruin his confidence. What a terrible, terrible corner the Angels have backed themselves into.
Thanks to Bryan for the nod.
Update: Apparently KSPN has been reporting that Kotchman has been optioned to Salt Lake. It's possible that both are true.
Update 2: Also via AP.
Comments:
Wow, big news story: a young player that strikes out a lot strikes out in his first two ABs of the season. This kid never has a chance of actually being a decent player ever again.
Josh, knock it off. NOBODY said that and you damn well know it. At this point in his development, McPherson hasn't shown he's a useful player over a significant number of at bats at even the AAA level. He struck out three times tonight against a mediocre pitcher whose 5.40 K/9 tells you he's just not that good at getting guys to whiff (and is flirting with occupational collapse).
Stop coming over here to bait me.
Stop coming over here to bait me.
Both of these are a joke; if Kotchman indeed contracted mono late last year, it's unlikely he'll be usable within 15 days, but this is the club hedging its bets.
Wow, I didn't know you were a doctor AND on the Angels' training staff.
Wow, I didn't know you were a doctor AND on the Angels' training staff.
# posted by 
: 5/09/2006 10:22:00 PM
: 5/09/2006 10:22:00 PM
There seems to be a lot of griping and complaining by a few of the Angel bloggers. My question is, "If not McPherson, then who?"
# posted by : 5/09/2006 10:35:00 PM
: 5/09/2006 10:35:00 PM
Wow, I didn't know you were a doctor AND on the Angels' training staff.
Wow, I didn't know you hadn't bothered to do an iota of research online.
There seems to be a lot of griping and complaining by a few of the Angel bloggers. My question is, "If not McPherson, then who?"
That's somewhat immaterial. The point is to leave McPherson in the minors so he can learn to avoid striking out; as Rich Lederer said in a private e-mail, the telling stat is his strikeouts, not his home runs. The Angels got excited by his recent spate of home runs — hit, incidentally, against Clint Nageotte (5.40 ERA), who is walking almost as many as he strikes out (15/16); against Cha Seung Baek (3.48 ERA), striking out twice as many as he walks (20/10); and off Juan Zapata (7.71 ERA), who has struck out 8 and walked 3 so far this season. In other words, not exactly the best the league has to offer. If Scioscia were serious about his comment that the majors are "not about development", the team wouldn't have called up Dallas. It's a desperation move, and not a particularly good one, either. Seriously, use Q as a starter, but whatever you do, don't grab McPherson from the minors when he's just barely relearned how to hit the ball at AAA.
Wow, I didn't know you hadn't bothered to do an iota of research online.
There seems to be a lot of griping and complaining by a few of the Angel bloggers. My question is, "If not McPherson, then who?"
That's somewhat immaterial. The point is to leave McPherson in the minors so he can learn to avoid striking out; as Rich Lederer said in a private e-mail, the telling stat is his strikeouts, not his home runs. The Angels got excited by his recent spate of home runs — hit, incidentally, against Clint Nageotte (5.40 ERA), who is walking almost as many as he strikes out (15/16); against Cha Seung Baek (3.48 ERA), striking out twice as many as he walks (20/10); and off Juan Zapata (7.71 ERA), who has struck out 8 and walked 3 so far this season. In other words, not exactly the best the league has to offer. If Scioscia were serious about his comment that the majors are "not about development", the team wouldn't have called up Dallas. It's a desperation move, and not a particularly good one, either. Seriously, use Q as a starter, but whatever you do, don't grab McPherson from the minors when he's just barely relearned how to hit the ball at AAA.
Couldn't it be that they brought him to the majors because they felt that they might be able to inject some power into the offense (that's the reason I felt Napoli was brought up). With how the Angels were constructed at the beginning of the year, they were going to be a singles, doubles, and stealing team. Well, that is failing miserably, largely because they arent even getting singles very often. So, if you aren't hitting very much, you might as well have those hits be big ones.
Also, who else do you have in mind to call up with Kotchman going down? Sure Quinlan should probably be given more opportunities, but you still need an extra body and Dallas is the type of guy who can just go red hot in an instant and carry the team for a bit.
Also, who else do you have in mind to call up with Kotchman going down? Sure Quinlan should probably be given more opportunities, but you still need an extra body and Dallas is the type of guy who can just go red hot in an instant and carry the team for a bit.
I didn't realize reading online encyclopedia entries equalled a doctorate.
All I'm saying, Rob, is that you -- along with the rest of the public -- don't know many things:
*when exactly Kotchman got sick
*when he started feeling sick
*how serious the illness was
*how he's feeling now
*the Angels' plans for his recovery (whether it's on the DL because he's still sick, on the DL just to clear his mind, or to the DL so he can get some rehab hacks in at AAA, etc.)
To call the move "a joke" is rather ignorant on your behalf given the lack of knowledge the public has, is it not?
All I'm saying, Rob, is that you -- along with the rest of the public -- don't know many things:
*when exactly Kotchman got sick
*when he started feeling sick
*how serious the illness was
*how he's feeling now
*the Angels' plans for his recovery (whether it's on the DL because he's still sick, on the DL just to clear his mind, or to the DL so he can get some rehab hacks in at AAA, etc.)
To call the move "a joke" is rather ignorant on your behalf given the lack of knowledge the public has, is it not?
# posted by : 5/10/2006 12:32:00 AM
: 5/10/2006 12:32:00 AM
To call the move "a joke" is rather ignorant on your behalf given the lack of knowledge the public has, is it not?
I don't think so (or else I wouldn't have said it). He thinks he contracted it in late November or early December of last year, and was diagnosed during spring training. The fact that he continues to be symptomatic seven months afterward tells me that he hasn't shaken it. Furthermore, from someone who has extended problems with Epstein-Barr infection, the problems can recur pretty much whenever they want (consistent with his comment that the symptoms are "in and out"), but from my friend, stress aggravates the situation. Also, as he himself admitted in the article above, he could be up to a year recovering. Add it all up and you're talking about a guy who is going to miss large pieces of 2006.
I don't think so (or else I wouldn't have said it). He thinks he contracted it in late November or early December of last year, and was diagnosed during spring training. The fact that he continues to be symptomatic seven months afterward tells me that he hasn't shaken it. Furthermore, from someone who has extended problems with Epstein-Barr infection, the problems can recur pretty much whenever they want (consistent with his comment that the symptoms are "in and out"), but from my friend, stress aggravates the situation. Also, as he himself admitted in the article above, he could be up to a year recovering. Add it all up and you're talking about a guy who is going to miss large pieces of 2006.
Even if he isn't going to recover right away, why shouldn't they put him on the 15-day DL? In two weeks they can re-evaluate him and decide whether or not he will come back soon and either leave him on the 15-day indefinitely, put him on the 60-day, give him a rehab stint, or bring him back to the Big Club. Putting someone on the 15-day DL doesn't mean they have to be back in two weeks.
Okay, but my point is that I'm expecting to see a bunch of cycles like
1) Kotchman takes a couple weeks off.
2) Kotchman returns to AAA.
3) If he's not hitting the ball in Salt Lake, he gets optioned there.
4) Kotchman's symptoms recur.
5) Lather, rinse, repeat.
1) Kotchman takes a couple weeks off.
2) Kotchman returns to AAA.
3) If he's not hitting the ball in Salt Lake, he gets optioned there.
4) Kotchman's symptoms recur.
5) Lather, rinse, repeat.
i think mcpherson can be a viable option, he's learning a little 1b, just sit back and see if he heats up. You only start him against right handers, see how he does. Just dont get carried away with the mcpherson atbats for now... as he sees the same pitchers he might do slightly better. Just try to keep him healthy ;/
# posted by : 7/20/2006 04:38:00 PM
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