Hand to start Saturday?

[TURBO]

Seriously? We honestly don't have any better options in the minors? Say a starting pitcher for example? If that is the case, this team is being ran even worse than I had expected.

 

Geeeesh.

 

 

Donovan Hand will start for the Brewers on Saturday against the Braves.

 

Hand has only been used as a reliever this season both in the minors and majors, and he has throw more than an inning since early June, so it will be a bullpen start for the Brew Crew. He holds a 3.38 ERA and 9/2 K/BB ratio over 13 1/3 relief innings this season.

 

Source: Mike Vassallo on Twitter

[AZBrewCrew]

Interesting..but the problem is none of the minor league guys are really tearing it up either.

[markedman5]

They have better options in the minors but they see value in taking it slow with guys like Helwig and Nelson. Starting Hand confirms what we already know....management has given up on the season.

[3and2Fastball]

So we're going to wear out our bullpen on Saturday. [sarcasm]Alright then[/sarcasm]

[Funketown]

This is great news, because I'm probably next on the depth chart after Donovan Hand, who has started only four games from 2010-2013.

[miggs721]

The highlight of tomorrow will be the Dan Patrick show running the sausage race!!!!!

[Thurston Fluff]

Isn't there some sort of rule about how long a guy has to be on the roster when they are called up? I know you can't call a guy up for one day and send him back down. Otherwise everyone would do that with their pitchers to gain a roster spots. Given how close some of the injured pitchers are to coming off the DL I think they don't want to being a guy up if they don't have to.

[TheCrew07]

Isn't there some sort of rule about how long a guy has to be on the roster when they are called up? I know you can't call a guy up for one day and send him back down. Otherwise everyone would do that with their pitchers to gain a roster spots. Given how close some of the injured pitchers are to coming off the DL I think they don't want to being a guy up if they don't have to.

 

It works the other way, there is a minimum number of days a player has to stay down after being optioned. I believe a player must stay in the minors for 10 days after being optioned but the rule may have changed.

[Thurston Fluff]

I know you are right about it that way. I don't know if there is any more to it than that. I only ask because I know some pitchers do come up for spot starts at times but I can't think of a time when they only stayed one or two days then went back down.

[Baldkin]

Thornburg was only up for 4 days just 2 weeks ago

[brewcrewdue80]

Wow, really? So the Gorzellany as Spot Starter era ended already?

[bacon06]

So far this season it's really been all Hands on deck.

[DHonks]

I like the move. Why freak? We've always done well in these bullpen games. Calling up a player could cost more than $30,000 for one outing. We have a rested bullpen, so a bullpen day makes sense.

[Thurston Fluff]

Thornburg was only up for 4 days just 2 weeks ago

 

Was it that short a time? I initially thought of him because he just came up as a possible starter. But I thought it was longer for some odd reason. Maybe because he got in two games it just seemed longer or something.

[PrinceEatMeat]

This is really a non-issue. They saw no point in calling someone up for one start. Estrada will be back to take this spot the next time through the rotation.

[markedman5]

There is no set period of time for how long a player has to be on the roster once called up....once he is sent back down he cannot be recalled for 10 days unless an injury occurs. IIRC

[joepepsi]

Wow, really? So the Gorzellany as Spot Starter era ended already?

Yeah, he did pretty well in his start, didn't he?

[chickinbrickin]

I think I figured it out. RRR will start Hand who will pitch the 1st and then Gorzellany will come in for long relief....

[PrinceFielderx1]

I'm not very hopeful about hands start and I'm not really expecting much at all.

[trwi7]

I'm not very hopeful about hands start and I'm not really expecting much at all.

 

You say this after he pitched almost 5 scoreless innings giving up only 3 baserunners.

[PrinceFielderx1]

I'm still not expecting much and not very hopeful, and 1 start isn't enough to change that.

[Funketown]

Rulebook question: After a start less than five innings, I've always heard that the win is given to the most effective reliever. Usually when a starter is pulled before five innings he hasn't been effective. But, could they technically award Hand the win in today's game? He certainly deserves his first major league win with this nice performance.

[Thurston Fluff]

I'm still not expecting much and not very hopeful, and 1 start isn't enough to change that.

 

What's the problem? The short term hope was he could keep the team in the game. He did that and more. Long term the hope is he can help the pen. What have you seen in his body of work so far that doesn't give you hope?

[TURBO]

I'm still not expecting much and not very hopeful, and 1 start isn't enough to change that.

 

What's the problem? The short term hope was he could keep the team in the game. He did that and more. Long term the hope is he can help the pen. What have you seen in his body of work so far that doesn't give you hope?

 

 

It's easy to make a comment like that after the fact.

 

I don't think anyone, including the coaching staff expected 4 2/3 innings from him today.

 

I think what he meant was that we were starting a RP that hasn't pitched more than one inning since the start of June. How could that provide anyone with hope.

 

Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

Would you have made that same comment had he gone 1 1/3 and given up 6 runs?

[BarneyStinston]

At least he hasn't gone the way of Fiers and Burgos yet.