Blue Jay Designate David Purcey For Assignment
by Tom Dakers on Apr 12, 2011 4:48 PM EDT
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PrintSo it has happened, David Purcey has been designated for assignment. They have 7 days to place him on waivers, trade or release him.
Also Rajai Davis was officially put on the DL and instead of McCoy being called up, the Jays will recall Casey Janssen and Brad Mills from Vegas. I guess they figure they need a couple more arms in the bullpen more than a backup in CF.
It isn't much of a surprise after how Purcey pitched this spring and early this season. I was surprised John Farrell could find spots to put him into games. I'm sure, after yesterday, there was no way he could use him anymore. I know it is hard to give up on someone that can throw that hard.
No sure what will happen with Purcey, I guess the team will look for a trade but I can't see one happening when teams know he'll be on the waiver wire in just a few days.
Good news is that Janssen is back, he really didn't deserve to be sent down in the first place but when you are one of few that has options left, things like that happen.
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A matter of the inevitable
He’s too much of a firestarter to ever keep up longterm.
I really hope he doesn’t realize his stuff and becomes the next rivera after he’s shipped off. He has great potential, but just never managed to put it together. I wish him the best of luck but seeing how League turned out, hopefully we’re not letting a future shutdown closer walk away for nothing
league was better in toronto
he’s not doing too well in seattle
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by YunelTheLazyLatino on Apr 12, 2011 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
he certainly hasn't been anything special for them but
he had a 3.42 ERA last season in 79 innings (3.91 FIP, 3.52 xFIP) . That’s basically in line with, and slightly better than, his career averages.
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Ya, I meant League didn’t turn out so well so we got kinda lucky in the deal, but for every league, there’s a carpenter so ya…
Slightly different, even the great relievers aren’t usualyl worth a lot
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Even if League was a shutdown closer, who would you rather have?
Him, or a front of the rotation starter like Morrow?
Morrow for sure
that’s what made it a great trade, even though we also gave up a nice-looking prospect in Chavez.
"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
Mills is a leftie
And has looked solid so far. He’ll not be amazing but he’ll be a solid option when Rzep needs a rest.
Tim Collins also isn't pitching particularly well
he’s walking almost 6 per 9 IP. Villanueva has reverse splits as a righty too
Collins is the youngest player in MLB at 21.
In a week Purcey will be 29. As for Collins 6BB/9. He’s walked 3 batters in 4 games and hasn’t given up a run. He was still worth trading for Escobar though.
His Ks are very high though. Not saying that it was a mistake to trade Collins. I would make that trade with the Braves any time. However, seeing him in Toronto would be interesting after being pretty hyped up all those years in the farm system.
As an aside, someone on MLBtraderumors forum suggested the Jays trade Purcey for Brandon Wood. I personally like it- need for need, re-uniting Purcey with his fellow lefthander mentor (I’m just assuming this) Downs. Brandon Woods in a similar situation ie terribly underachieving and can’t be optioned. The Jays definitely have a spot at 3B unless Jayson Nix is the answer. Won’t hurt.
Considering we got Escobar for him
Trading Collins doesn’t look bad at all…
by adamgreuel on Apr 12, 2011 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
We aren't at fault
We will get a lot more value from Escobar then Atlanta got for him hehe.
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So it has happened, David Purcey has been designated for assignment. They have 7 days to place him on waivers, trade or release him.
Actually the Jays have 10 days to trade or release him, but if they wish to place him on outright waivers (in order to send him down to the minors), they must decide to do so within the first 7 days of the DFA period.
it is strange rules
They have 7 days to trade or release him, ten to put him back on the 40 man.
by Tom Dakers on Apr 12, 2011 5:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i guess he`d go back on the fourty if he clears waivers. aren`t those the three outcomes of a DFA – trade, waived or released?
If he passes waivers, he goes to the minors, either on an optional assignment (put back on the 40-man roster), or as an outright (left off the 40-man roster)
by Minor Leaguer on Apr 12, 2011 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
hope teams dont pick him up
he could still figure out how to throw strikes and become dominant, though very unlikely.
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by YunelTheLazyLatino on Apr 12, 2011 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
I am hoping the same thing
I am running out of patience, but hopefully he can figure it out in Las Vegas.
it's doubtful that he ends up there
if waived he’ll almost certainly be claimed.
I can definitely see JP from the Mets picking up Purcey
He knows what Purcey is capable of.
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Hes capable of a mid 90's fastball, thats probably enough to appeal to our former manager JP.
by Joseph Kirby on Apr 12, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
We've been saying this for years
it’s not happening. Some blind hope for command to somehow find itself after years of development. I’m sure the Jays tried everything to get his command going but it’s time.
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Wish him all the best
I was one of the people who were really in favor of him staying but if he can’t throw strikes then he doesn’t belong up here period. He turned this around last year by actually throwing strikes and a lot of people saw the potential in him. I hope he doesn’t get picked up but at his age I don’t think we can keep waiting around for him to live up to his potential.
It’s really too bad Purcey wasn’t more consistent with his control. When he’s on, he’s filthy, but when he’s off… things get really ugly. I hope nothing but the best for the guy, even if I wasn’t his biggest fan.
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Confusing
I don’t quite see why he was brought North out of spring training, only to be DFA’d two weeks into the season. That seems like a mistake on the part of management, since they now face the prospect of losing him for nothing.
There must have been warning signs in spring training. Was there a contractual reason why they put him on the 25 to start the season rather than keeping him down until he forced his way into the bullpen?
yes, he was out of options
he couldn’t have started 2011 in the minors without being exposed to waivers, same as now
"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
thanks
i guess they had no choice then, short of trading him when his value was higher at the end of the 2010 season.
still seems like asset mismanagement.
by mike in boston on Apr 12, 2011 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
he was good in 2010
they presumably had reason to believe he’d be good in 2011, and he’s shown (if you think like the Jays brass) that he cannot be a consistent contributor
That leaves them with 13 pitchers and 12 hitters
which is a short bench for the position players, so that probably won’t be a long term thing, someone else will still have to go down to Vegas (or be traded)
I feel bad for the guy. I was a fan. But he just never pulled it together.
by AErskine on Apr 12, 2011 6:03 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Hey!
they have a story about our epic meltdown last night on fangraphs!
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by YunelTheLazyLatino on Apr 12, 2011 6:31 PM EDT reply actions
hopefully he catches on somewhere and ends up having a decent career.
He was given every possible opportunity to succeed in Toronto, both in the starting rotation and the bullpen and just couldn’t throw strikes enough on a consistent basis. At some point, the Jays had to move on, even if he was a 1st round pick. There’s just no room on the 25-man. I’m sure he’ll do alright.
Glad to see Janssen back. I think he’s pretty much back to 07 form.
Purcey could yield cash in trade
Apparently the Jays were fielding numerous calls about him and Reyes at the beginning of the season
The Big Difference
Is this year we have pitching depth and at 29 Purcey is rapidly passing his prime years.
To me the other issue is the lack of a true innings eater on this starting staff. A guy who you can count on to go out and keep you in the game for 7+/ game. Already the pen has pitched 32 innings in 10 games. That means our starters are as a whole not even giving us 6 innings. We need more than that out of the starting 5.
we are right around average
in terms of starter innings so far (AL average innings from their starters in 10 games is 58, which is also where we are). I think your numbers are a bit skewed b/c you are working off the bullpen numbers and we’ve had some extra innings games, but you’re right that the starters have averaged just under 6 innings. That’s not amazing, but it’s not bad – the best in the AL last season was Seattle, and their starting staff averaged a little below 6 1/3 innings per start.
"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
so by sending Casey down
the Jays wasted one of his options as well as lost last night’s game.
Oh well
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Great to see Janssen back in the Bigs
He was really the casualty of the Purcey issue. I wish Purcey could have been as good as we wished he could be. But he wasn’t.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/04/blue-jays-expect-to-trade-david-purcey.html
Bob Elliott apparently says that the Astro’s are interested.
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