Warehouse Wire 2037.07: AAA Callups
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:05 am
Early into June, the Jimmies find themselves under .500 at 27-35 but only 6.5 games back of the JLA Division and 5.5 games back of the last Wild Card spot. That isn't a bad spot to be in considering the disaster last year was but the team doesn't plan to make any major moves to make a push toward getting back into the playoffs. With that in mind, they are eyeing toward shuffling the roster a bit in an effort to see if some of the young guns can give a jolt to the team.
This leads to the announcement that 1B Joaquin Hebner and SP Clifford Bell have been called up from AAA to make their ML debuts.
Hebner has moved through the system quickly. His numbers are down due to a slow start in June, but the team feels confident he can handle the jump to the ML roster. He provides a defensive upgrade at 1B while sending Luis Miguel Carrillo to the bench. Carrillo has been a disaster this season and may be a DFA candidate in the near future.
Bell has been solid at AA over the last 2 seasons. Despite only being 20 years old, he already has 146.2 innings under his belt. While there were other candidates to come up and start, the team opted for the young lefty.
The team is hoping these 2 will start the young movement on the ML team. Spending the last few seasons acquiring and collecting talent, some of that talent is close to ready and the team would like the youngsters to get some experience in Charm City before being handed the reigns in 2038. Expect more callups in the coming weeks.
In corresponding moves to clear space on the 27 man roster, Guenther Poppmeier has been DFA'd and Carlos Estrada has been optioned to AAA.
This leads to the announcement that 1B Joaquin Hebner and SP Clifford Bell have been called up from AAA to make their ML debuts.
Hebner has moved through the system quickly. His numbers are down due to a slow start in June, but the team feels confident he can handle the jump to the ML roster. He provides a defensive upgrade at 1B while sending Luis Miguel Carrillo to the bench. Carrillo has been a disaster this season and may be a DFA candidate in the near future.
Bell has been solid at AA over the last 2 seasons. Despite only being 20 years old, he already has 146.2 innings under his belt. While there were other candidates to come up and start, the team opted for the young lefty.
The team is hoping these 2 will start the young movement on the ML team. Spending the last few seasons acquiring and collecting talent, some of that talent is close to ready and the team would like the youngsters to get some experience in Charm City before being handed the reigns in 2038. Expect more callups in the coming weeks.
In corresponding moves to clear space on the 27 man roster, Guenther Poppmeier has been DFA'd and Carlos Estrada has been optioned to AAA.