Sobotka and Minter Updates

Out of sight but not forgotten, Sobotka and Minter have been working away in AAA since being sent down at the end of July.

Of our current pen, Melancon, Jackson, Greene and Martin look pretty sturdy. Swarzak has been shaky, Newk inconsistent and Blevins rusty in part because he can only be used against lefties.

This leaves potential openings for Sobotka and Minter if they can step up in September.

Since being sent down Sobotka has pitched 9.2 innings during which he has given up 7 hits and 2 earned runs. He has walked one and struck out 14. Small sample but pretty good. Especially the one walk.

Minter has not been as good since being sent down and just had a rough outing last night. In 10.2 innings he has given up 12 hits and 5 earned runs. He has walked none and struck out 13.

The absence of walks hints at what they have been working on. They both have big arms and I think at least one of them makes the post-season roster. Both have occasionally gone more than 1 inning in the past month, which is something else that adds to their potential value going forward.

Unless any of them just bomb in the last 30 games, Swarzak would be the only one I’d consider replacing on the postseason roster. He’s been meh since June when he was insanely lucky. You can afford to have a spot for a LOOGY on the postseason roster, and Blevins is LOOGY supreme. Minter is great against lefties too, but his command is so shaky that I would trust Blevins over him.

i was at Mondays Stripers game

Minter was hot garbage

it was like watching him on the Braves but pitching to less talent

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Originally Posted by goldfly

i was at Mondays Stripers game

Minter was hot garbage

it was like watching him on the Braves but pitching to less talent

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sounds kinda like watching Newk pitch to the Blue Jay's last night

No way you could trust Minter on a postseason roster. There’s always next year

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Originally Posted by Tapate50

No way you could trust Minter on a postseason roster. There’s always next year

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These decisions won't be made in isolation.

As of right now, I'd expect Sobotka vs Swarzak to be closely weighed. Ditto for Newk vs Minter vs Blevins vs Dayton.

We might also make a decision to go with 3 lefties so it might be even more complicated than that. Plus O'Day pitched a scoreless inning for the Fire Frogs last night. That's yuge.

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Originally Posted by nsacpi

These decisions won't be made in isolation.

As of right now, I'd expect Sobotka vs Swarzak to be closely weighed. Ditto for Newk vs Minter vs Blevins vs Dayton.

We might also make a decision to go with 3 lefties so it might be even more complicated than that. Plus O'Day pitched a scoreless inning for the Fire Frogs last night. That's yuge.

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I don’t know that Dayton is even in the mix at this point. Moving him off the 60 day IL would be problematic. We could DFA Ortega when the time comes but after that the choices get real difficult and we’re already planning to activate O’Day.

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Originally Posted by Slippyjms

I don’t know that Dayton is even in the mix at this point. Moving him off the 60 day IL would be problematic. We could DFA Ortega when the time comes but after that the choices get real difficult and we’re already planning to activate O’Day.

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If we DFA anyone, it will likely be Ajax.

Minter had a rough 9th inning last night while Dayton had a scoreless inning. Dayton has 1 walk and 10 Ks in the 4 games since coming back. It would be nice to have a 3rd lefty in the pen when rosters expand.

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Originally Posted by nsacpi

Minter had a rough 9th inning last night while Dayton had a scoreless inning. Dayton has 1 walk and 10 Ks in the 4 games since coming back. It would be nice to have a 3rd lefty in the pen when rosters expand.

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What would his eligibility be for the postseason? Does he have to be on the 25 man prior to 9/1?

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Originally Posted by thethe

What would his eligibility be for the postseason? Does he have to be on the 25 man prior to 9/1?

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No