September callups

[markedman5]

First wave

 

Brewers twitter

 

C Jacob Nottingham, INF Tyler Saladino, OF Domingo Santana and RHP Brandon Woodruff have been recalled from Triple-A @skysox. OF Keon Broxton has been recalled from Class-A @TimberRattlers.

[reillymcshane]

September games are going to have lots of relievers, lots of pinch hitting, lots of substitutions.

 

Be prepared for some long games.

[pacopete4]

September games are going to have lots of relievers, lots of pinch hitting, lots of substitutions.

 

Be prepared for some long games.

 

Dread it. Rule change needs to occur.

[StearnBrewliever]

I get those that "dread" it. But this roster expansion may save the team's bacon this season. Anything to help the Brewers...i am in.

[pacopete4]

I get those that "dread" it. But this roster expansion may save the team's bacon this season. Anything to help the Brewers...i am in.

 

I am good with roster expansion but you should get to activate like 30 players a game. Not play with 40. The games get silly.

[pacopete4]

Knebel coming up tomorrow.

[istanbultaye]

I do enjoy the "strategery" of September callups, and getting a look at more young players, and all that, but I'd be on board with a limitation of only having 28-30 active on a given day. Maybe throw in a "designated emergency catcher" slot too, where you can have a 3rd catcher who would only be available in case of injury to one of your catchers in the game.

[folly412]

I do enjoy the "strategery" of September callups, and getting a look at more young players, and all that, but I'd be on board with a limitation of only having 28-30 active on a given day. Maybe throw in a "designated emergency catcher" slot too, where you can have a 3rd catcher who would only be available in case of injury to one of your catchers in the game.

 

Completely agree. It'll really hit once we start seeing teams throw out 5 pitchers over two innings and burn two pinch runners apiece. With Knebel, Williams, and Peralta we hit 36, and if we felt like it, Houser and Wilkerson would make 38.

 

Could even see sticking with 25 (or 26 in the future, if an extra spot eventually happens). That's still about 6 more players than most teams have readily available on a given day during the meat of the season, with flexibility to make changes every day.

[adambr2]

I do enjoy the "strategery" of September callups, and getting a look at more young players, and all that, but I'd be on board with a limitation of only having 28-30 active on a given day. Maybe throw in a "designated emergency catcher" slot too, where you can have a 3rd catcher who would only be available in case of injury to one of your catchers in the game.

 

Couldn't this be easily circumvented by designating 4 out of your 5 starting pitchers as 'inactive'?

[jerichoholicninja]

I do enjoy the "strategery" of September callups, and getting a look at more young players, and all that, but I'd be on board with a limitation of only having 28-30 active on a given day. Maybe throw in a "designated emergency catcher" slot too, where you can have a 3rd catcher who would only be available in case of injury to one of your catchers in the game.

 

Couldn't this be easily circumvented by designating 4 out of your 5 starting pitchers as 'inactive'?

 

Ya, no team uses 40 guys. The team with the biggest roster is going to be what 33 or 34 guys.

[TURBO]

I get those that "dread" it. But this roster expansion may save the team's bacon this season. Anything to help the Brewers...i am in.

 

The teams we play get the same luxury, I don't know that it makes any difference in the win/loss column.

[MNBrew]

Berry was released recently & signed to an AAA contract by the Yankees just a couple days ago.

 

Bonifacio is fast but can't steal 1st base.

 

Bonifacio won’t get a meaningful AB so it is irrelevant. He is purely a PR.

I don't think Bonifacio even ever makes the Brewers' MLB roster. We've become so dependent on having a mega-bullpen that I don't think we can afford the luxury of a speed-only bench guy who we'd never want to see touch a bat over a Thames, Broxton, Santana, Saladino, etc. -- guys who might lose a 25-man spot to Bonifacio (already figuring likely roster "givens" Perez & Granderson & whoever's not starting between Shaw/Moustakas/Arcia/Schoop) -- not that that first list of guys are (or aren't) stellar options, but rather they're still greatly preferable in the batter's box over Bonifacio.

 

With 12 position players we have 4 reserves & one is a catcher. That would mean only two non-Bonifacio IF/OF reserves available to PH, double-switch, play in the field, etc. The Brewers have put such a premium on defensive versatility and if Bonifacio plays in the field, they may not often be able to afford taking him out of the game b/c it would mean two bench guys used for a single spot in the lineup -- a legit concern, I'd think, since already they pretty much always PH for relievers.

[LouisEly]

Highly likely that Bonifacio was signed simply to help fill out the AAA roster for their playoff push with all of the callups to the majors. Minor league deal, no 40-man spot = unlikely to get called up.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Here are the rest of the guys on the 40-man who are healthy but aren't up with the MLB club yet:

 

Marcos Diplan

Adrian Houser

Freddy Peralta

Aaron Wilkerson

Taylor Williams

 

Of those, I expect Houser to be called up when Springs' season ends, if not before, and Peralta and Williams back as soon as their 10-day option limit is complete. Wilkerson could come up I guess, too, as a mop-up guys, although they seem to have a lot of those now. Diplan is the only one who doesn't stand a chance of being called up this year. He's at least a year away from any meaningful MLB contribution.

[djoctagone]

because the sky sox season has ended, the 10-day requisite stay for optioned players need no longer apply if the mlb commissioner approves the recall of the player.

 

thus, freddy peralta and taylor williams could be candidates for recall as soon as today.