Leaves are changing color, the wind is biting a little colder, and rosters have expanded as the SDMB OOTP calendar rolls to September 2011. Time for the annual "Who are you calling up" blog entry.
As for the Seattle Monarchs, we're calling up a few players.
IF Cristobal Santoyo. He was sent down midseason to learn to play third and second base for his future as a utility infielder with strong defense and OBP skills. He got half of it done, becoming a pretty good defensive third baseman. Since minor league play has ended, he rejoins the Monarchs to be the second backup infielder, behind Lincoln Rossetti and ahead of Marvin Cardoza.
Swingman Roger Painter. Selected in the fourth round of this year's amateur draft, Painter had a good year in AAA and was ok in a couple of appearances earlier in the year.
MR George Quinn. His ratings shot up this year and he's now shown as a 3* pitcher. I signed him as a minor league free agent in April 2010 and he's been very good in AAA for a number of years now. He's 32, so that's pretty late to get going in his career, but I'm looking to see if he's a viable option for the back end of the Monarchs' bullpen in 2012. He looks like he'll strike people out and keep the ball in the park, but it's an open question as to whether he won't just walk the entire league.
SP Joseph Macaluso, one of the top starting pitching prospects in the league, was going to come back to the Monarchs rotation, but he's got an inflamed rotator cuff so he's being shut down for the year instead. His starts will instead go to the ageless Albert Garcia, current swingman and hot prospect Allen Rueter, and Painter.
Before the last sim, I'll call up OF Willie Klopp and OF John Sadao for a farewell appearance or two in front of the Monarchs crowd before they ride off into the sunset. Jobs doubtlessly await them in the Monarchs' front office following their expected retirement.
What's everyone else doing, since the division titles appear all but sewn up again?
As I have none of those guys you call "prospects" to call up, I'm just bringing up a few guys who have floated in and out of my 25-man roster throughout the season.
ReplyDeleteOne semi-major move I'm doing is giving Thomas Brasfield a shot at the #2 spot in my rotation. He's a former first round pick that has bounced around the minors, but he seems to have turned a corner this year. He's pitched well in relief work earlier in the year, and he got two starts in the last sim and won them both (including one against the forces of evil). So, let's see if he's going to be my #2 starter, behind Shuttleworth, next season.
Otherwise, Luis Jeon is finally back, and will hopefully spark an improbable comeback. I'll just otherwise wonder what could've been....