{"id":12861,"date":"2016-09-02T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12861"},"modified":"2016-09-02T18:55:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T22:55:58","slug":"its-call-up-day-who-is-coming-to-washington-like-mr-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12861","title":{"rendered":"Its Call-up Day!  Who is coming to Washington (like Mr. Smith?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_995\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/BurnettSean_Stock.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-995\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-995\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/BurnettSean_Stock-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Is Burnett coming back to Washington? Photo: masnsports.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/BurnettSean_Stock-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/BurnettSean_Stock.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is Burnett coming back to Washington? Photo: masnsports.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>September 1st; Roster expansion day. \u00a0I&#8217;ll get this post in before the inevitable call-ups occur so we can argue for a bit. \u00a0Not all 9\/1 callups happen on 9\/1; we do have to finish out AAA season so some guys will hang out there through the weekend before getting called up.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the canonical list of 40-man players currently in the minors on optional assignment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SP: Lopez, Giolito<\/li>\n<li>RP: Martin, Gott, Grace*<\/li>\n<li>C: Severino, Kieboom<\/li>\n<li>INF: Difo, Bostick<\/li>\n<li>OF: Goodwin, den Dekker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also know that\u00a0<strong>Mat Latos<\/strong> is going to be added, and will come at the expense of someone. \u00a0And we&#8217;re assuming that\u00a0<strong>Sean Burnett<\/strong> is going to come on board as well. \u00a0So it sounds like we&#8217;ll either be shifting someone to the 60-day D\/L or DFAing some guys to make room.<\/p>\n<p>So, predictions on what you think will happen, and what you would like to see happen?<\/p>\n<p>My predictions, by position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SP: Lopez, Giolito come back up to do small stints as needed, and Latos gets a look as the 5th starter until Strasburg comes back.<\/li>\n<li>RP: Martin gets DFA&#8217;d to make room for Burnett, who along with Grace comes up for a month-long post-season audition. \u00a0Gott has given little reason to think he&#8217;s merited a call-up and may be done for the season.<\/li>\n<li>C:\u00a0Severino comes up to provide some relief; Kieboom calls it a season.<\/li>\n<li>INF: Difo back up, Bostick done.<\/li>\n<li>OF:\u00a0den Dekker DFA&#8217;d to make way for Latos addition to 40-man and Goodwin comes back up to provide some OF cover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bryan Harper<\/strong> may have merited a look but he&#8217;s still on the D\/L. \u00a0Both\u00a0<strong>Espino<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Voth\u00a0<\/strong>had solid AAA seasons starting but there&#8217;s little reason to add them with the surplus of starters we already have. \u00a0Some have mentioned\u00a0<strong>Matt Skole<\/strong> or maybe even a return for\u00a0<strong>Steve Lombardozzi<\/strong> but neither guy really excelled in AAA this year. \u00a0Skole has 24 homers &#8230;but a sub .800 OPS even given all that power.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone else you want to see head to Washington? \u00a0How about\u00a0<strong>Max\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Schrock<\/strong>? \u00a0(oh, sorry, too soon?)<\/p>\n<p>ps: someone in the Nats blogosphere asked\u00a0<strong>Keith Law<\/strong> in his chat yesterday about Giolito&#8217;s &#8220;80 fastball&#8221; and he had an <a href=\"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/01\/klawchat-9116\/\">interesting response<\/a>. \u00a0I feel like he&#8217;s hedging a little bit; if Giolito had a 100mph fastball that by definition is a 80 fastball. \u00a0He was at 98 in High School, which is a heck of a number and merits at least a 70 or 75 grade &#8230; at age 18. \u00a0But he also notes what we&#8217;ve noted; he&#8217;s showed significantly less velocity in pro ball and is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/statss.aspx?playerid=15474&amp;position=P\">sitting 93.4<\/a> \u00a0(average 4-seam velocity) with a max of &#8220;just&#8221; 95.8. \u00a0 Where is 98? \u00a0And more importantly &#8230; where&#8217;s the command of said 4-seamer?<\/p>\n<p>Post-publishing update: Mr. Law himself DM&#8217;d me on twitter about the above paragraph and wrote the following: &#8220;I<em> don&#8217;t think you misrepresented [what I said in the chat], but I did want to correct something. A guy who hits 100 once, pitching on a week of rest, wouldn&#8217;t automatically get an 80 fastball grade (or 75, a grade I&#8217;ve never used or heard a real scout use). So I wasn&#8217;t hedging, but would make a clear distinction between a Riley Pint, who hits 100 regularly as a starter, and a Giolito, who was 94-98 in HS and happened to hit 100 that one time. That&#8217;s all.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 1st; Roster expansion day. \u00a0I&#8217;ll get this post in before the inevitable call-ups occur so we can argue for a bit. \u00a0Not all 9\/1 callups happen on 9\/1; we do have to finish out AAA season so some guys will hang out there through the weekend before getting called up. 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