Angels Call Up Minor League as (yawn) Fans... Drift to zzzzz
September 1 is the date that Major League rosters expand to 40 players. Will the team be bringing in reinforcements? As tweeted by Bakin' Bill Shaikin, the Angels have called up four Salt Lake Bees to fill out the roster, check out the (lack of hit) parade...
1B Efren Navarro - He had a great season in the thin air of Salt Lake but is behind Mark Trumbo and Russell Branyan. An extra inning game or a blowout will see him making his major league debut. Otherwise it is pine time.
OF Jeremy Moore - With Mike Trout fighting the fourth outfielder role the only playing time for this guy will be to spell the aches of a long season in RF of Torii Hunter on a day a Lefty is pitching, Trout is in LF and Vernon Wells is DHing. Dude might get one start. Moore is an exciting player except that there is nowhere here for him to play.
SS Andrew Romine - Highlight of his career so far is wearing jersey #18 once worn by Orlando Cabrera. Passing Freddy Sandoval in the depth chart is not exactly something that should be your job application highlight.
LHP Horacio Ramirez - In the 1990 hit Can't Touch This, there is this dramatic pause where MC Hammer says "STOP" and the music halts for a majestic half-second before he says "Hammer Time" and the resumption of the beat and melody intensifies in significance without altering, speeding up or needing to be any louder. Ramirez is Mop Time which might be the 180 degree opposite of everything associated with Hammer Time.
With Kevin Jepsen recovering from knee surgery and Michael Kohn requiring as much playing time as possible to work out the kinks in giving up gift homers, the only possible additional callups after the Bees end their season on Monday would simply crowd out or water down what is already up here. I could list them here for an exercise in showing off that I visited the Bees website, but beyond Alexi Amarista there isn't a difference maker for us in the minors at all.
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do any of the catch?
Navarro?
I take it you don't have the DOV Secret Decoder Ring
You need to drink more ovaltine
-Quad Fin Rider
The farm system is perfectly aligned to the needs of the major league team
all players hit for power, average, OBP, and play 3B, C and are ambidextrous out of the bullpen. It’s pure magic.
All boring.
All I want to see is Weaver, Trout, Bourjos and Trumbo.
That is a truly unin- speier- ed September call up.
I woke up in a great mood; I don't know what the hell happened.
40 man roster
Did they make a move to add Navarro?
By my count they are carrying 41
I think he's been on the 60-day DL for a while.
Palmer and Sandoval cleared waivers and outrighted to SLC according to Bill Plunkett
not suprising
since the most exciting prospects have pretty much already been called up or are injured :o
call up van mil...
he’s having a great season at arkansas (era below 2.00) and he would be the tallest player ever to play in the mlb history.
by thejd on Sep 1, 2011 5:03 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Congrats to Navarro
He won’t add anything but its cool a 50th round pick made it to the big leagues.
Actually, he's a pretty fantastic defensive first baseman
And his bat got better as the season went on. Maybe holds some value as a late innings defensive replacement for Trumbo.
Moore’s a decent add, too.
More Howie please...
I think it would be very interesting to watch an outfield of........
M Trout, P Bourjos, and Jeremy Moore………………………Bitchin’!
by wumbug on Sep 1, 2011 5:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
What about Trevor Bell?
I think I might opt for him over Pineiro.
by Brody on Sep 1, 2011 6:54 PM PDT via mobile reply actions

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