DiFelice off bereavement; Burns to AAA

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

Per Gord Ash's twitter.

[BrewCrewRising]

Why are they keeping Smith up if he hasn't even shown he can pitch in the majors? At least Burns had a decent outing. I don't understand the logic of this. Anybody have any insights?

[Hate those Rodents]

My thoughts are that they want Burns starting. Also, before either were called up, I believe Smith slightly "deserved it" more, though both deserved a shot based on what they'd been doing. Also, Smith is a few years younger and might be more of a long-term guy, wheras Burns might be a AAAA guy.

[cheesecup22]

Can't tell you what they are thinking but I guess they just want another short innings guy. Burns was more of a long relief guy.

 

Maybe they feel that smith has the ability to pitch well right now in the majors even though we haven't seen it yet.

 

 

edit: AOL-speak (replaced "u" with "you") --1992

[brewtank34]

I would imagine it's to allow Burns to get back into his SP routine down in AAA. Smith was a BP guy anyways.

[stoutdude04]

I wasnt able to catch the part where he entered. Whyd he only face 1/2 hitters?

 

I stayed tuned in and figured it out.

[patrickgpe]

Both have high major league ERA's and small sample sizes from previous organizations. Smith was pitching better in Nashville so I'm fine with him staying aboard. I would hope at some point Melvin gets an arm and Smith goes back down.

[monty57]

I agree that it's to keep Burns starting in AAA. If we need a spot starter at the MLB level, he'd probably be the guy at this point, as McClung and DiFelice would take a while to stretch out. I wouldn't really trust most of the rest of the Nashville staff to make a major league start.

 

Also, does this move mean that we finally get rid of Wright, or is Cody (or someone else) going to be sent back down?