Dillard promoted from AAA, Gagne placed on 15-day DL

[recte44]

Just reported on WSSP.

 

Edit: Title update. - Toby

[SZBrewerFan]

My guess would be Gagne to the DL

[recte44]

That would be my guess as well. They speculated it would be DiFilice if it wasn't Gagne to the DL.

 

Still looking for a link on this.

[GoudaBrew]

Yeah probably Gagne to the DL, but ZachJack could be sent down too.

[Gobias Industries]

Why not Pena?

 

I'm hoping for Gagne to the DL. DiFilice looks like he could be a ROOGY.

[Invader3K]

Can anyone give us a summary about Dillard? I don't know much about the guy.

[Brian the Automator]

Why not Pena?

I suppose they'd have a better chance of getting Dillard to AAA off the 40-man than Pena.

[bball123h2]

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Tim%20Dillard&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=457422

 

Could potentially be a nice bullpen addition.

[trwi7]

That 2.55 GO/AO would have me drooling if we had a good infield defense.

[JohnBriggs12]

Why not Pena?

I suppose they'd have a better chance of getting Dillard to AAA off the 40-man than Pena.

They're both already on the 40 man, and they both have options correct?

 

I would think Dillard would get the call on better control and more consistent performance to date than Pena. I was kind of surprised he didn't get the call over Difelice earlier. I'm not so certain they won't send Difelice back so he can keep stretched out because they are contemplating something with Bush.

[Brian the Automator]

My bad ... I didn't think Dillard was already on the 40.

[twobrewers]

So how upset would everyone have been before the season if told that on May 23 the Brewer's bullpen would include Zach Jackson, DiFelice and Dillard? (Not to mention Villanueva - with McClung in the rotation)

 

[craigharmann]

So here's my solution to this problem. Gange to the DL, ZachJack to AAA, DiFelice to the rotation, McClung NOT starting (in the bullpen) and Dillard in the bullpen. Everyone's happy, and the Brewers actually are using their players the way they are supposed to.

[brettac1]

I wouldn't mind seeing DiFeliceelsas sent back down and Pena up, myself.

[AJAY]

Any chance Dave Bush gets sent down again?

[afeter]

---So here's my solution to this problem. Gange to the DL, ZachJack to AAA, DiFelice to the rotation, McClung NOT starting (in the bullpen) and Dillard in the bullpen. Everyone's happy, and the Brewers actually are using their players the way they are supposed to.

 

 

i am not sure this is exactly the way it's supposed to be, but i do know that the 2008 brewers are all about flaunting baseball covention. So this kind of straight forward intutive type of management will not be incorporated. It is seems likely that dillard moves to the rotation, zack jack stays in the pen, branyan keeps raking in AAA, counsell battles through injury and platoons with hall, gywn remains the rbi/dh option off the bench while we continue to hit and run with our pitchers and position them in the lineup so they bat in rbi situations.

[jazzytrav]

I heard Dillard throws a gyroball.

[patrickgpe]

there was a minor leaguer who did, but i don't think it was dillard.

[jazzytrav]

My bad, that was Steve Palazzolo.

[bjkrautk]

The team announced that the corresponding player move would be announced later. You have to assume that they decided to put ailing closer Erig Gagne on the disabled list, but why they wouldn't announce that immediately, I don't know. Perhaps they're up to something else.

 

http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/05/23/brewers-summon-dillard.aspx

 

I tend to agree with the Prince of Darkness on this one; why not announce Gagne to the DL....unless something else is afoot?

[berniebrewer4life]

I'm just gonna assume it's Gagne, but this is weird that they would wait.

[Invader3K]

Could some kind of trade be in the works, possibly?

[jazzytrav]

Hopefully it's not a decision of 15 day or 60 day...

[berniebrewer4life]

Could some kind of trade be in the works, possibly?

That did cross my mind as well.

[AJAY]

This season is starting to remind of that season a few years ago when we had guys like that garbageman Joe Winklesas pitching for us. I am very concerned about how thin our pitching seems right now.