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Ward has no business being in the bullpen, so Rule 5 or not, they need to ditch him for now. They can always work a trade to keep him if they think he has long-term potential. The team can't afford another Henry Blanco, especially in the bullpen.
What difference does it make this year? And do they have anyone better to replace him?
JEsse D reporting that Jose Ferrer is on his way up for the Philly series. No report on who is being sent down. Already on the 40 man roster.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/06/29/lane-thomas-nationals-trade/
Corbin to the bereavement list
sad way for your first call up. THe news about Ferrer coming up broke yesterday early, so Corbin may have pitched his game Wednesday with this on the horizon.
What happened?
His grandma
Why not? He eats innings in some of the many games that are already lost by the time they get to him. Every team has a last man out there and most of them are used for similar mop-up.
As has become routine, Washington shuffled its pitching staff a bit before the series began. Patrick Corbin, scheduled to start Tuesday, returned from the bereavement list. But instead of sending Jose Ferrer back to Class AAA, the club placed reliever Thaddeus Ward on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. The Nationals have had to carry Ward all season because they selected him in December’s Rule 5 draft. Ward, though, had been active for 95 days, meaning he could spend the rest of the year on the IL and stay with the club beyond this season.That’s not necessarily the Nationals’ plan. But to remain with their new team, Rule 5 picks have to be active for at least 90 days and accrue a full year of major league service. Ward will keep collecting service time on the shelf, whether he sticks with the club or heads to Florida for an extended rehab. The bullpen, meanwhile, now has eight pitchers with unrestricted workloads. Ward underwent Tommy John surgery in 2021, so Washington had been cautious with him, using him for 30⅓ innings across 22 appearances. That has amounted to about seven outings per month, most of them in mop-up situations.The Reds are the season's most pleasant surprise. How far can they go?“I need to clean up my mechanics a lot,” Ward said Monday. “I am really good about my mechanics with my pregame work. I’m really good about warming up to go into the game. But when I get into the game, it’s a totally different story from when I’m warming up. So I need to clean that up. A lot of mechanic stuff leads to a lot of injury stuff.”
Alex call coming back up per talknats
Sad for Hill, but Call at least hits .220.
When Call was sent down, he was hitting .209
IS it for Hill, or is it for Dickerson?
Derek Hill DFA'd
