Jays Call Up Accardo, Purcey and Phillips

by Tom Dakers on Sep 8, 2009 2:39 PM EDT in News Comment 13 comments

Continuing the 'do as little as possible' mode that the Jays are in at the moment, they have called up David Purcey, Jeremy Accardo and Kyle Phillips. They moved Shawn Marcum from the 15 to the 60 day DL to make room for Phillips on the 40 man roster. Moving Marcum doesn't cost them anything as he wasn't going to pitch this season so it doesn't matter which list he is on. Purcey will likely fill one of the open rotation spots.

I don't know what Brian Dopirak would need to do to get a call up, there are at least half a dozen guys that could be dropped from the 40 man roster without anyone missing them. It would have been nice to see Fabio Castro get the call too. Maybe Aaron Mathews or Buck Coats so we wouldn't be treated to Jose Bautista in CF or be forced to run Vernon out there everyday. Oh well, I guess we'll have to settle for being happy for Accardo that he gets a couple more weeks of major league service time.

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Come on Purcey!

Prove Em wrong!

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 8, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i admire your optimism … and would love you to be right

by aagoodfella on Sep 8, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I am being completely selfish

My fantasy team tanked this year and I kept Purcey on my bench for a dollar all year with the hopes that he could make it back to the bigs and maybe become a keeper for next year.

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't give up on Purcey

I like guys that get strikeouts. Lots of guys that are strikeout pitchers started out walking too many. Some become good. For extreme examples Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson.

by Tom Dakers on Sep 8, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Purcey will eventually be good, but as I said earlier this year, his problem seems like one that takes a long time to correct … so I would not expect him to be ready until next season

with Jays out of race and other young arms resting, bringing him up is, IMHO, certainly an important part of moving him ahead

just like I would like to see Purcey play, so too would I like to see more Snider and Ruiz … it is just more experience that they can bank for the benefit of next year

by aagoodfella on Sep 8, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Which is why we should have been seeing him before this…. Why give starts to Tallet when you have guys like Castro and Purcey in the minors that could use the experience.

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Sep 8, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Purcey

…looks more like a guy who is either a) a failed prospect, or b) needs a change of scenery.

I admire your optimism, and the comparison to Ryan and Johnson. I realize what you’re saying, but Purcey is 26, and looking more and more like he’s not in the Jays plans. He’s an innings eater for them, at this point, I think.

by Jevant on Sep 8, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he has one flaw — occasional lapses in control — if he can master that, he is an otherwise very good pitcher. I think it would be imprudent to dump him.

by aagoodfella on Sep 8, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

good news on the call ups

Accardo should be happy
It will be nice to see if Purcey has addressed his control issues
Hopefully Phillips can avg at MLB the way he does in MiLB

I get the sense that the Jays are a bit apprehensive about derailing Arencibia from his development path

it would be nice to see some other pitchers

by aagoodfella on Sep 8, 2009 3:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think we could have expected any more

I want to say that a player has to be on the 40-man roster by August 31st to be a September callup, so if Dopirak et al were getting called up, we would have known about it before.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Sep 8, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs