Casey Janssen's season is done. His labrum is all buggered up (keep up with the technical medicalspeak if you can), and he's going to have season ending surgery on it soon.As much as we liked Janssen, we're not freaking about this nearly as much as we might have imagined. The depth assembled this off-season has given the Jays a little more latitude to deal with this sort of injury, and Jesse Litsch doesn't seem like a terrible option for that fifth spot in the rotation.
And as an aside, Litsch actually looks a lot more like Mr. Dressup's treehouse dwelling sidekick than Janssen. So we can probably keep using this picture all season long.
Next question: How does this shake out in the pen?
It's a bad loss the the Blue Jays.
ReplyDeleteHe was a rock in the 'pen last season.
And one of the top setup guys in the AL.
Big question is can League move in and replace him as setup guy?
If so, than the Jays will be alright.
As long as the Beej is healthy, I imagine the bullpen would set up as:
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Accardo
Downs
League
Frasor
Tallet
Wolfe
Pretty much the same if Janssen won the 5th starter job. It just made some decisions a little easier.
Parrish might fit in there somewhere as well, and the assumption here is that Ryan isn't pitching until May.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Tallet's numbers aren't all bad, does anyone else feel like Parrish should get a shot at that other-lefty-in-the-pen job?
ReplyDeleteI guess if Ryan's not coming back immediately, we might see both Parrish and Tallet with the big boy club anyway, but I've just never been too impressed by Tallet's stuff....
its time to try to get another starter. i don't think anyone is convinced that Litsch is good enough. i can smell JP starting to panic already.
ReplyDeletethe question is, is JP gonna pull a JFJ and strip the farm of its prospects for old, overapid players?
love the mr. dressup pic btw.
I'm thinking we won't see Ryan until May either, which would mean that Parrish might get a shot, and if decisions need to be made regarding he and Tallett, they can be made based on regular season performance in April.
ReplyDeleteThe AL average fifth starter in 2006 had a 6.22 ERA. Even if Litsch regresses, he should be able to beat that.
ReplyDeleteBut who're the next two guys? Litsch would've been a beauty as a 6th starter and bumping him means the first injury call goes to... Dave Purcey? Ricky Romero? Parrish? Jeebus?
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I know nothing about this, but how hard is it for a middle reliever to make a spot start? I look at that bullpen and I can't help but think that one of these guys should build up his stamina or something. Doesn't Frasor have better stuff than Litsch? How/when do hurlers decide (or have the decision made for them) they can't be starters?
ReplyDeleteAnd doesn't Frasor look like the lead singer of 8 Seconds?