With Eric Thames and Yunel Escobar Day to Day, Who Should We Call Up?

by Tom Dakers on Sep 3, 2011 11:17 PM EDT in Toronto Blue Jays Opinions

Eric Thames will be day to day after being pulled with 'dizziness' today, maybe he has the flu or something. Yunel Escobar will also be day to day will a 'jammed wrist', suffered tagging Francisco Cervelli stealling second.

Tomorrow it looks like the outfield will be Mark Teahen, Dewayne Wise and Jose Bautista. The infield, from third to first would be Brett Lawrie, Mike McCoy, Kelly Johnson and Adam Lind. Bautista was to play DH tomorrow, to give him a rest, while Lind was to sit tomorrow. But with only Brian Jeroloman and Jose Molina on the bench, I can't see them resting the pair.

Mike Wilner says to expect a infield call up tomorrow, but not Hechavarria, which really doesn't make sense to me.I'd love to see Adeiny, and with Yunel out, he could get a few Major League at bats. The Jays don't have any other middle infielders on their 40-man who aren't already on the major league roster. I guess Darin Mastroianni could play second in an emergency. Other infielders in Vegas are Manny Mayorson, Ricardo Nanita, Jayson Nix (please no) and Chris Woodward. I guess any of those could be added to the 40-man and then removed right after without costing us anything.

Also we have no extra outfielders, which is pretty hard to believe at this time of year, when we have expanded rosters. Rajia Davis played for Dunedin today, he could be activated in a hurry. Mastroinni could be called up easy. Or Adam Loewen could be put on the 40-man and called up in a hurry. Calling anyone up from Vegas would leave them short-handed but I'd rather them be short players than us.

Do you think we'll be calling anyone up tomorrow and who would you like to see?

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Adeiny would be nice

Maybe Diaz? he played decently in spring training, johny mac comparisons. Where is he now anyway still at Vegas? I could look it up but im tired and im sure someone knows of hand =P

by llello.loves.ace on Sep 3, 2011 11:24 PM EDT reply actions

Woodward for now

I would go with Woodward for now just because of experience and a bit more of an ability to play around the field if the need arises. Would love to see Loewen, and still think we might after the Vegas season is over, but with Thames being dizzy and the heat wave that hit the eastern US along with here it could only be something simple as dehidration. Hech is still in Vegas and we will probably see him once their season is over too.

by Mess76 on Sep 3, 2011 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Woodward....?

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by jays182 on Sep 4, 2011 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

If there was a sweepstakes....

You are the winner! As of around midnight on the Vegas game broadcast, Woodward’s contract has been purchased by the Jays.

by coolhead2010 on Sep 4, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Dammit

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by jays182 on Sep 4, 2011 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions

actually?

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by Pikachu on Sep 4, 2011 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions

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by Frag on Sep 4, 2011 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Really, oh my kittens

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by noname3 on Sep 4, 2011 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Woodward makes sense. If you don’t necessarily want to bring a guy up for the rest of the year yet, or you don’t want him to have just a cup of coffee when he’s not coming up when the rosters expand, Woodward is a perfect choice – knows his way around the big club and major leagues, lots of experience for some of the younger guys, and it’s a nice little reward for a veteran who’s spent the year as essentially a player/coach down in AAA.

by dexfarkin on Sep 4, 2011 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions

It's nice to give Woodward a September bonus I guess

And TFSML can go down to the RC and pretend to be Woodward

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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 4, 2011 1:52 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Leaguer I blame you for this!

What this is I don’t even…

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by TonyFernandezSavedMyLife on Sep 4, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

protected draft pick here we come!

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by leaflover4ever on Sep 4, 2011 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions

Would love to see Nanita get a chance even though he won't be anything special

but you are right, the 40 man thing shouldn’t be a problem(btw how many spot are open now) as i cant see anyone get claimed

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by noname3 on Sep 3, 2011 11:27 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed!

I think Nanita has done well in Vegas this year after being promoted. He will probably be a bench player in the MLB, but I think he deserves a chance to play in the bigs for a few weeks.

No team should be short on players in Seprember…

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by Minor Leaguer on Sep 4, 2011 1:50 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I'd love to see Nix back up with the club.

It would make his parents proud.

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by Punchandpie on Sep 3, 2011 11:41 PM EDT reply actions

They already have another son in the Majors

Plenty to be proud of, we don’t need to give them extra reasons…

by TrueBlue4Ever! on Sep 4, 2011 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions

who are jays top prospects?

by jadedeed2327 on Sep 3, 2011 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

the New Hampshire Fisher Cats roster

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by Pikachu on Sep 4, 2011 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions

nice

by jadedeed2327 on Sep 4, 2011 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Loewen, Mastroianni playing tonight so I guess we won’t see an outfielder.

Somebody already said Woodward being the call-up which would have been my guess since he is not playing tonight.

Not sure why they’re not calling up another outfielder. Minor league season is about so missing a game or two won’t really hurt their development

by Sniderlover on Sep 4, 2011 12:49 AM EDT reply actions

with the assumption Thames won’t be ready to play tomorrow but he probably will

by Sniderlover on Sep 4, 2011 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Just woke up to the news we replaced Esco with Woodward

Maybe this is just a dream. If i go back to sleep and wake up again will Esco please be playing today?

But on a serious note, Woodward has played a good mentor role for the younger chaps and with Johnny Mac gone it may be good to have a guy like that on the bench to make the Rooks feel comfortable and what not… I don’t know. I’m trying to look at the bright side of this disastrous scenario. What is it with the Jays and wrist injuries this year???

by TrueBlue4Ever! on Sep 4, 2011 10:07 AM EDT reply actions