Who gets sent down tomorrow for Tillman?

[Diehard_O's_Fan]

I forgot about Crichton. He definitely will be the guy they send down then especially since they just called up Asher and Verrett.

[crawjo]

If they decide they can't send down a pitcher, I would send down Rickard. Gentry I think can be a valuable bench player for us all season. 

[Spy Fox]

I expect Chrichton so they can continue to buy time with the current offensive roster. 

I would not have a problem with DFAing Gentry. Yeah, it's nice to use him as a defensive replacement, but the bat is generally a zero and I've never been convinced he's one of our 25 most helpful players. If they decide to option Rickard and keep Gentry for the same role that's ok too, though I think Rickard is a bit better. 

[capyy]

24 minutes ago, weams said:

Well, they tie. 

How's that? I missed some of the game. Fielding mistakes?

[capyy]

I hope they figure out a way to keep gentry. Second best outfielder, only base stealing threat. I think his bat will come around eventually. 

[weams]

4 minutes ago, capyy said:

How's that? I missed some of the game. Fielding mistakes?

Oh yeah. Allowed two, drove in three. 

[eddie83]

Duffy starts for KC tomorrow so we see him Friday. Vargas today so it looks like we miss him. I would at least try to keep Mancini through Friday.  Of course I know he has hit RHP better so far. 

[capyy]

1 minute ago, weams said:

Oh yeah. Allowed two, drove in three. 

Oof. I like how well he has done out there considering, but can't  have that.

[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, capyy said:

I hope they figure out a way to keep gentry. Second best outfielder, only base stealing threat. I think his bat will come around eventually. 

I don't see us losing him when they can option Joey or Trey. Trey was big tonight but has cooled off. Not like he was first 2 weeks of year. 

[thezeroes]

Why all this Gentry hate/dislike??

If you go by OPS, Gentry is a better batter than:

Mark Trumbo

Joey Rickard

J J Hardy

Caleb Joseph

Ryan Flaherty

Not to mention that he is a better defender and baserunner than some of those with a worse OPS.

[weams]

2 minutes ago, thezeroes said:

Why all this Gentry hate/dislike??

 

If you go by OPS, Gentry is a better batter than:

 

Mark Trumbo

 

Joey Rickard

 

J J Hardy

 

Caleb Joseph

 

Ryan Flaherty

 

Not to mention that he is a better defender and baserunner than some of those with a worse OPS.

 

He's not Joey or Trey. Or Kim even. 

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, Roy Firestone said:

why would they DFA Kim? btw, I am not wexpecting much from Tillman on Sunday. He looks very hitable in his rehab outings...

Yes, but so did every one of our AAA guys who have come up and done well.    

[Spy Fox]

7 minutes ago, thezeroes said:

Why all this Gentry hate/dislike??

 

If you go by OPS, Gentry is a better batter than:

 

Mark Trumbo

 

Joey Rickard

 

J J Hardy

 

Caleb Joseph

 

Ryan Flaherty

 

Not to mention that he is a better defender and baserunner than some of those with a worse OPS.

 

Yeah, if you're only looking at OPS of the past five weeks. But .600ish is still pretty bad and he hasn't been much above that since 2013. If there was a 26 man roster, I'd be all for keeping him. And if they find a way to hold on to him by continuing to juggle the pitching staff, great. I just think they're going to have to drop one of the outfielders sooner or later, and I think Gentry contributes the least value of the bunch. But Rickard is pretty similar and we don't risk losing him by sending him down, so I'm fine with that option as well. 

[Norfolk orioles]

Mancini just got his own t-shirt night and hit a game winning HR on said t-shirt night.

 

I know that shouldn't matter but baseball is a business as much as it is a sport and optioning someone like Mancini to keep Gentry just seems extremely unlikely.

[MDtransplant757]

Gentry is gone. Calling it