Is there any chance that Sedlock could be the temporary 5th starter until Tillman returns?

[FanSince88]

Yes, yes, yes, I'm overreacting to Sedlock's brilliant high-A performance yesterday and everyone else's horrible performance at AAA so far.  

Still, out of curiosity, what would the harm be in letting the kid make 3 or 4 big league starts before Tillman returns?  Would it be enough MLB time to activate his "service time clock" or something?  Even if he struggles, I wouldn't think it would shake his confidence or anything, he can go back to high-A to work on whatever weaknesses might be exposed at the major league level.  

[Can_of_corn]

I think there is zero chance that they put Sedlock on the 40 man so he can make a spot start.

[sportsfan8703]

I knew this was going to come up. It's intriguing. It could be similar to what we did with Gausman his first year. Nobody else has stepped up. Well nobody RH. 

Sedlock is supposed to be a polished pitcher and was an innings eater in NCAA. Notice how we didn't have him make a 3 inning start. 

A couple more dominant starts in the minors and the rumblings will grow. 

[Crazysilver03]

44 minutes ago, FanSince88 said:

Yes, yes, yes, I'm overreacting to Sedlock's brilliant high-A performance yesterday and everyone else's horrible performance at AAA so far.  

Still, out of curiosity, what would the harm be in letting the kid make 3 or 4 big league starts before Tillman returns?  Would it be enough MLB time to activate his "service time clock" or something?  Even if he struggles, I wouldn't think it would shake his confidence or anything, he can go back to high-A to work on whatever weaknesses might be exposed at the major league level.  

The minute he is added to the 40 man, his service time and option years begin. It is an absolutely terrible idea.  

[Ruzious]

I wouldn't mind trying Guthrie - even if he has an 8 million ERA now.