Scott Moore optioned to AAA Norfolk, Jim Johnson recalled, expected to start Monday.

Scott Moore optioned to AAA Norfolk, Jim Johnson recalled, expected to start Monday.

From MASN's postgame report.

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what the FUCK???

Wow. these past two days have been a rapid drop back to reality.

by Chanumas on Apr 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT 0 recs

If they were going to bring up a AAA pitcher to start Monday, they should have had Albers pitch the 8th inning tonight. Instead they brought out Safarte, who obviously was having control issues tonight, based on his performance in the 7th.

Also, they should be sending Aquino down, not Scott Moore.

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by spike2131 on Apr 11, 2008 10:59 PM EDT 0 recs

I agree that if Albers doesn't pitch Monday

That they should've brought him out instead of Sarfate, but no one has said that Johnson is going to get the go ahead. Trembley just said that he would keep his options open.

by Baltimo on Apr 11, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up 0 recs

Either way

Trembly needed to be thinking about winning this game, not worrying about who starts on Monday when there are multiple options on the table.

Normally I'm a big Trembly fan.... not tonight.

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by spike2131 on Apr 12, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up 0 recs

What the hell?

what possible point does this serve? Let Albers rest all weekend and start him.

by KenDixonFanClub on Apr 11, 2008 11:00 PM EDT 0 recs

Let me get this straight...

...they optioned Scott Moore and kept Greg Aquino?

by Jonny Pops on Apr 11, 2008 11:27 PM EDT 0 recs

They sure did.

And Moore can't come back for 10 days. The hell?

by KenDixonFanClub on Apr 11, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

do we know who they are picking up?

maybe its a position player.
/wishful thinking.

by math_geek on Apr 12, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up 0 recs

yeah. Jim Johnson.

who is not a position player. not much of a pitcher, either really. What I wanna know is...during these 10 days, what the heck do the Os do for the role Moore is playing right now? And what exactly has that guy NOT done, since coming here, to prove he needs a shot at sticking on the big club. I know he's no star or anything, but he's a useful player.

by KenDixonFanClub on Apr 12, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up 0 recs

Maybe they want to make sure he's getting enough At Bats?

His playing time has been kinda sparse. We're going to need him to be in good form later in the season after we start trading dudes. Playing everyday in AAA is likely to be better for his development than an occasional pinch hit in The Show.

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by spike2131 on Apr 12, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up 0 recs

MF please

His development is done. This is who he is.

AAA is for fringe players, old farts that can't hack it but want to play, and pitchers that are borderline.

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by SC on Apr 12, 2008 2:13 AM EDT up 0 recs

Oh, I'm not saying I agree with the above argument

I'm just thinking that maybe thats what what the Orioles are thinking.

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by spike2131 on Apr 12, 2008 2:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

JJ can suck my left nut

Seriously, this most fucking stupid thing ever. I fucking hate the way Trembley manages the BP.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Apr 12, 2008 12:49 AM EDT up 0 recs

Nah...

lifting Jeremy Guthrie with a 5 run lead and 1 out in the 9th on Mother's Day last year? THAT was the stupidest thing ever.

"I'd just like to point out that every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves." - Major League

by duck on Apr 12, 2008 9:48 AM EDT up 0 recs

deep breaths

We're in for plenty more of this.

I recall a story from spring training where some woman yelled out her thanks to AM for trying to actually fix the club. His response, later to the press, was I hope she's hanging in there come July.

by drj on Apr 12, 2008 10:13 AM EDT up 0 recs

Fahey

We are left with that incompetent stupid ass for our bench player. He can't hit. He, supposively, is able to play shortstop. Seriously, why wasn't he sent down? Moore has, at least, done something offensively for this team. Fahey has done nothing. He is 0 for 8 this season. Trembley will definitely have to explain this to the media because I can't see keeping Fahey for any reason on the major league roster. Hell, I'd take a rusty Alex Cintron instead of this fool.

If Johnson gets the start on monday, then it is obvious that Diamond Dave had zero clue what he was doing last night. Albers should've pitched the 8th. Actually, even if Albers was going to pitch monday, it's no more than a side session he would've thrown anyway so he should've pitched the 8th regardless.

The past 2 days have put a lot of bad taste in my mouth which is fine if it was the team failing, but it is squarely on the coaching staff now.

by PWubbs on Apr 12, 2008 5:53 AM EDT 0 recs

I'm curious

Ignore that Fahey and Hernandez are the same player, or that Aquino probably doesn't belong. And Quiznos will hang around because the O's need a backup catcher.

What exactly has Johnson done to illustrate he can start? Or is this one of many experiments we'll see during the year? I'd really like to hear the O's reasoning.

by drj on Apr 12, 2008 10:11 AM EDT 0 recs

I'll hazard a guess

But first, Hernandez is better than Fahey. Which is not any praise for Hernandez.

Jim Johnson is getting the spot start because he'll be ready to pitch on Monday and because he's not someone they're concerned about disrupting. And that's why no one from the FO will be giving you any reasoning.

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by SC on Apr 12, 2008 11:40 AM EDT up 0 recs

And it's important to keep Fahey's versatility on the bench

That beats out the possibility of having a bat on the bench. Or Aquino back in the minors.

by drj on Apr 12, 2008 12:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

my guess

"Jim Johnson is getting the spot start because he'll be ready to pitch on Monday and because he's not someone they're concerned about disrupting."

Roch said Monday is Olson's turn in the rotation. He just came off a great start. He's the most logical candidate based on merit. Here's my guess for why JJ was picked. Dave has been making rumblings about using a 13 man staff. JJ can make a spot and then move to the O's BP. They view Olson more as a reliever thus taking him off a rotation schedule isn't important. With Olson, they would rather keep him on a rotation schedule rather than move to the O"s BP after a spot start.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Apr 12, 2008 3:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

I thought about that, too

Since I hate it, I don't want to believe it.

If it turns out you're right, I'm gonna be pissed off. And I'm blaming you!

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by SC on Apr 12, 2008 3:37 PM EDT up 0 recs

second to last sentence should read JJ not Olson

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Apr 12, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

no big deal

And I'm a fan of Moore. (If I had my way Mora would've been traded and Moore would be playing every day at third). But, Mora ain't getting traded and if DT won't play Moore consistently (too early to tell really), then no use in just wearing a warm up jacket all night.

As far as JJ Johnson, meh. But whatever. Johnson will be demoted soon enough when we get the rotation straightened out. Stupid weather. Seriously, it rains in Texas? I never woulda guessed...

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Apr 13, 2008 3:32 AM EDT 0 recs