David Hess optioned (recalled)

[Legend_Of_Joey]

That was a quick trip to the bullpen for him...

[Tx Oriole]

6 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

That was a quick trip to the bullpen for him...

Wonder who will come up? 

[Philip]

Too much to ask that Givens go too?

[El_Duderino]

Just now, Philip said:

Too much to ask that Givens go too?

Yes

[Philip]

Just now, El_Duderino said:

Yes

Probably. Oh well...

[Aristotelian]

Too bad but we've all seen enough. Hope he can get some confidence back in the minors.

[billhatf]

Maybe Davis to the pen?? Seriously, I'm wondering about the pitch selection.  Givens ended the inning by blowing fastballs past guys. The game tying homer came on the third straight offspeed pitch.   I can hear Palmer's voice in my head saying "why speed up the bat?". I know the catchers suggest the pitches, the pitcher decides, and the bench calls pickoffs. Catcher and pitcher need to go with pitcher's strength, which in Givens case is fastball. 

[Philip]

Speaking of pitchers, Caleb Joseph tossed  a clean 1/3 of an inning for the D-Backs today.

versatile fellow!

[Philip]

Meanwhile, any reasonable thoughts about who comes up? Anybody from Bowie a possibility?

[El_Duderino]

I’m still kinda bothered they didn’t let him finish the game in Toronto.

[Philip]

5 minutes ago, El_Duderino said:

I’m still kinda bothered they didn’t let him finish the game in Toronto.

I wish Hyde had let him go a bit longer. At the time I was happy that Hyde had a short leash, but it’s gotten a lot longer since then.

I like Hess, and I hope when he returns, he has found a workable solution to his troubles.

[eddie83]

Either they are making a 40 man roster move or someone from AA is coming up. All the AAA arms on the 40 have not been down long enough or pitched today like Shepard and Scott.  

The AA arms are Tate and Harvey.

I bet they make a 40 man move. 

[Chavez Ravine]

There must be lots of attractive options floating around the waiver wires this time of year.

[LA2]

44 minutes ago, El_Duderino said:

I’m still kinda bothered they didn’t let him finish the game in Toronto.

Hyde left it so that Hess can enshrine it as the high point of his career.

[LA2]

17 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Either they are making a 40 man roster move or someone from AA is coming up. All the AAA arms on the 40 have not been down long enough or pitched today like Shepard and Scott.  

The AA arms are Tate and Harvey.

I bet they make a 40 man move. 

I.e., nothing in AA at this point.