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Building on his disastrous second half, Fry's ERA now stands at 10.29, with 6 BB's in 7 innings. Appears nothing has changed. I know it is early but at what point is enough enough? 

If we want to replace him with another lefty, I believe Lowther is the only option currently on the 40-man, but he isn't doing great either. Other possibilities are Vespi, who some had making the team out of spring training, or Kevin Smith. Fry does have options remaining. 

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My guess is Travis Lakins Sr will be optioned to make room for Bradish.

Elias would have to be ready to call up someone  from the minors who is not of the 40 man roster to DFA Fry.  And Stowers and Grayson are probably several weeks away from a call up.

Currently Perez and Akin are lefty relievers with Fry.   I guess at some point they could call up Vespi to take Fry's place.  Lowther has pitched so poorly I don't expect to see him in the majors until he pitches well in the minors for a while.

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12 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Unless you have someone in the minors that you need to get a look at in the majors why bother DFA'ing someone?

If you are just going to replace Fry with another warm body I don't see the point.

 

Vespi is crushing it at Norfolk. Of course, I assume we’re trying to win. 

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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Unless you have someone in the minors that you need to get a look at in the majors why bother DFA'ing someone?

If you are just going to replace Fry with another warm body I don't see the point.

 

As I said, Vespi and Smith could be interesting and probably should be up at some point this year anyway. I would be OK with the risk of someone claiming Fry to give one of those two a chance. Lowther would be the natural replacement but I'm not sure throwing him back in against big league bats is the best move for his development right now. Could do Diplan or Gillaspie without a 40 man move. That would alter the L/R balance but maybe that doesn't matter.

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Fry should not have been offered a contract last year. They could have resigned him on a minor league deal but the way he collapsed last year was a huge red flag.  

And yes, Vespi is the guy I'd bring up though they could consider giving Kevin Smith a shot in that role. Fry will easily make it through waivers if Smith made it through.

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1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:

He has completely fallen apart since the spider tack ban.

You're not kidding. 

I don't think we need to call in Holmes and Watson to solve this mystery. 

Were I in charge, I wouldn't be re-signing pitchers who fell off of a cliff ten minutes after a strict foreign substance check-and-ban went into effect, but then again, I don't work for the Baltimore Orioles either  🤷‍♂️ 

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