“No Chance” for Chase
Over at Chad Jennings SWB Yankees blog, he asked Nardi Contreras whether Chase Wright would get called up for a start tomorrow.
Nardi’s reply: No chance.
There’s going to need to be a point where some of these guys in the Trenton rotation get rewarded for their strong performances before frustration starts to set in…apparently, now isn’t that time.
That means that SCW makes his scheduled start tomorrow in Akron.
Mike Ashmore, mashmore98 AT gmail.com
May 8, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Does this mean that D. Mac gets the call instead, or will the AAA club go with a group of pitchers, starting with Phillips?
May 8, 2008 at 5:14 pm
It pretty much means that nobody’s going to get the call just yet…however, I would assume a lot of that decision will be contingent on how Phillips does.
May 8, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Mike,
I am assuming that the two vacant spots at SWB are being saved for Alan Horne and Jeff Karstens, both of whom are getting close in their rehabs. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to bring Wright or McCutchen up for a couple of starts and then demote them again.
May 8, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Well, yes and no.
I agree that there will be no long-term spots for Cutch or Chase, but to throw them a temporary bone and say…hey, we like what you’re doing down here, how about a shot in Scranton…that couldn’t hurt.
May 9, 2008 at 8:59 am
I agree that 2 starts for Chase or Cutch would be a nice “gift”, sort of a reward for how well they have done so far. Guess it won’t happen.
IMO, Horne will be back a week from Monday, although probably on a pitch count. I have read the reports that he text-ed to Chad Jennings, and also read what his Father has posted on another website. I also expect Igawa and Kennedy to change uniforms after 2 more Kennedy starts, and 2 from Igawa in NY.
So maybe with all the comings and goings, the decision was made to not move anyone up at this time.