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Jesse English to AAA to make room for Bernadina is official per Ben Goessling
batista/bruney/taveras should've been sent down.
English performed well in the first seven games of his big-league career, posting a 3.86 ERA and faring well against some tough left-handed sluggers like the Phillies' Ryan Howard.But the Nats needed to add another position player to account for nagging injuries to Ryan Zimmerman, Willie Harris and Ivan Rodriguez. And with off-days coming up Thursday and Monday, the club can afford to go with a six-man bullpen for a little while."This isn't a demotion," general manager Mike Rizzo said of English, who had never pitched above Class AA before making the Opening Day roster. "This is a strategic roster move, because we feel we need to get a healthy position player in here. It wasn't for anything that he did poorly. He pitched fine."
Great win.Even better watching it with my girlfriend who's a Cubs fan.Needless to say, the game ended... I was informed that I 'wasn't getting any, because of the Nats' and all I could do was smile and say 'scoreboard'.Oddly enough, she left my house 5 minutes later.
good impression, but i would never call him rubberband man.
Down to 11 pitchers? I think we may see the end of Willy T. if his bat doesn't heat up soon.
Are they ever going to DL our hurt position players?I can't believe they think its a good idea to cary a bench full of day-to-day fielders over 12 pitchers.
Just a guess - They are waiting another few days for Willie H. They would not need a 7th bullpen arm until Saturday at the earliest. If they then DL Willie, it can be backdated to last Saturday and they can call up an extra arm. If Willie is good, Bernardina goes back down.
Willie pinch hit Monday.
So both RZ and Willie can't be back dated much. 7th arm isn't used that much. The roles seem to be Capps takes the ball from Clippard, Burnett is the loogy, Bruney and Walker are the middle guys, and Batista is the long man / bullpen saver. That'll work for a while.