Denyi Reyes selected, Travis Lakins optioned, Ellis to 60-day IL

[MurphDogg]

Guess they wanted a warm body for today's game and didn't want the 40-man roster implications of adding Vespi. Would expect Reyes to be DFA'd in a few days (perhaps when Adley comes up!)

Gilaspie threw three innings on Tuesday, Lowther started (poorly) yesterday.

Not sure why they didn't just go with Baumann, who is rested or Diplan if they only expected to need an inning or two today.

[SteveA]

5 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Guess they wanted a warm body for today's game and didn't want the 40-man roster implications of adding Vespi. Would expect Reyes to be DFA'd in a few days.

Reyes was on the 40 man roster?????

[MurphDogg]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Reyes was on the 40 man roster?????

He was not. Hence the transfer of Ellis to the 60-man IL to open a 40-man spot. I listed the guys that are on the 40-man roster in the edited opening post. My point is that Reyes will almost certainly be DFA'd rather than optioned when sent down, which they wouldn't want to do with Vespi, had they called him up instead.

[SteveA]

Just now, MurphDogg said:

He was not. Hence the transfer of Ellis to the 60-man IL to open a 40-man spot. I listed the guys that are on the 40-man roster in the edited opening post. My point is that Reyes will almost certainly be DFA'd rather than optioned when sent down, which they wouldn't want to do with Vespi.

Oh, OK, I am at work and social media is blocked on the network here.   So I could not see the tweet, only your thread title and post which did not mention Ellis at all.

[MurphDogg]

6 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Oh, OK, I am at work and social media is blocked on the network here.   So I could not see the tweet, only your thread title and post which did not mention Ellis at all.

Gotcha, rough workplace you have. I changed the verb in the opening post to "selected" which is the term for players that are added to the 40-man roster and the active roster at the same time, and also added Ellis's transfer for the sake of completeness.

[SteveA]

Just now, MurphDogg said:

Gotcha, rough workplace you have!

It's only been a couple years that I have had outside internet on my desk.   I work in a DoD classified environment so the main computer on my desk is on that network and doesn't connect to the [unclassified] outside world.   

For a long time there was one unclass terminal in our entire office (20+ people) that we could access if we needed to send an outside e-mail or something that was work related.   

Then about five or six years ago we got unclass terminals in each cubicle, so I shared one with two other people for a while.   And I usually work 10-6:30 while my cube-mates worked an earlier shift and were gone by 4, so late afternoon I could log on and stay logged on once they were gone.

Then a few years go we each got an unclass terminal on our desk.

So this is luxury to me.   Not being able to see social media doesn't bother me that much.

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, MurphDogg said:

Guess they wanted a warm body for today's game and didn't want the 40-man roster implications of adding Vespi. Would expect Reyes to be DFA'd in a few days (perhaps when Adley comes up!)

Gilaspie threw three innings on Tuesday, Lowther started (poorly) yesterday.

Not sure why they didn't just go with Baumann, who is rested or Diplan if they only expected to need an inning or two today.

It's possible he comes up and gets DFA'd without getting in a game. Didn't they do that to Eddie Gamboa? Two of the three guys they used last night are now optioned so the bullpen should be pretty fresh.

[UMDTerrapins]

Yeah….I don’t think the promotion is an expression of their faith in his talents. But hey….he’s a major leaguer, so things could be worse. 

[MurphDogg]

40 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

It's possible he comes up and gets DFA'd without getting in a game. Didn't they do that to Eddie Gamboa? Two of the three guys they used last night are now optioned so the bullpen should be pretty fresh.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect to see him unless the game is out of hand.

[Aristotelian]

10 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Yeah, I wouldn't expect to see him unless the game is out of hand.

I didn't realize today is a bullpen game with Baker starting. It could be all hands on deck. 

[wildcard]

Reyes was probably picked because he is stretched out to 5 innings.

[Moose Milligan]

2 hours ago, SteveA said:

It's only been a couple years that I have had outside internet on my desk.   I work in a DoD classified environment so the main computer on my desk is on that network and doesn't connect to the [unclassified] outside world.   

For a long time there was one unclass terminal in our entire office (20+ people) that we could access if we needed to send an outside e-mail or something that was work related.   

Then about five or six years ago we got unclass terminals in each cubicle, so I shared one with two other people for a while.   And I usually work 10-6:30 while my cube-mates worked an earlier shift and were gone by 4, so late afternoon I could log on and stay logged on once they were gone.

Then a few years go we each got an unclass terminal on our desk.

So this is luxury to me.   Not being able to see social media doesn't bother me that much.

I figured a site like the OH would be considered social media.  But then I'm assuming the DoD saw that it was about the Orioles and figured there wasn't a threat to anyone.

[rm5678]

7 hours ago, MurphDogg said:

He was not. Hence the transfer of Ellis to the 60-man IL to open a 40-man spot. I listed the guys that are on the 40-man roster in the edited opening post. My point is that Reyes will almost certainly be DFA'd rather than optioned when sent down, which they wouldn't want to do with Vespi, had they called him up instead.

Why would they DFA Reyes when he has options remaining?

[Aristotelian]

2 hours ago, rm5678 said:

Why would they DFA Reyes when he has options remaining?

They would DFA if they need to clear a spot on the 40-man.

[interloper]

27 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

They would DFA if they need to clear a spot on the 40-man.

I think they still have a 60 day IL move they can make. Means?