Game Over, Indeed

March 15, 2010 at 10:15 am | Posted in Armando Zerpa, Eric Gagne, Kenley Jansen, Scott Elbert | 7 Comments

Eric Gagne reassigned to Minor League camp, Kenley Jansen & Scott Elbert also optioned

We knew about Jansen yesterday, and no one can really be surprised about Gagne. How many articles have I linked to in the last few days discussing how lousy he’s been? The only question is will he really go to Albuquerque or ask for his release. Based on his comments previously, I think he will go to AAA. If he doesn’t, his career is basically over. If it’s not already. (Update: Gagne has agreed to go to AAA.)

As for Elbert, I’m not completely surprised that he won’t be making the Opening Day roster, but I am very surprised that they sent him down so quickly. For a guy who was on the playoff roster last year, you’d have thought they’d at least get him some more MLB (well, “spring training MLB”) innings before shipping him out – especially since Hong-Chih Kuo’s elbow is acting up and George Sherrill has had some tweaks as well, so the lefty situation in the bullpen is up in the air. Still, we’ll almost certainly be seeing Elbert later in the year.

In a separate tweet, the club also notes that Rule 5 pick Armando Zerpa was reclaimed by Boston. We’ve heard some good things about fellow Rule 5 guy Carlos Monasterios, but I’ve heard almost zero about Zerpa this year, so I was wondering how long he’d really stick around. He only pitched 1.1 innings this spring anyway.

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>> I don’t believe he even got into a major league game this spring.
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According to the official Dodgers website, Zerpa appeared in two games this spring training, with a line of 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K, 0 R, 0.00 ERA.

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- I had it saying that he didn’t get into a game for less than 30 seconds, literally. And now an hour later you still see it?
  
  Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness— March 15, 2010 #
  
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  - I saw that quote, and posted immediately after loading the web page, within no more than 2-3 minutes. I don’t know why I would have been able to see the quote and post if you had updated it an hour earlier. I’m not saying you didn’t update it, but based on what I saw, somehow your update didn’t propogate into the ether of the internet right away. Sorry about that – if I saw you had updated it, I never would have posted the comment!
    
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I guess there is always Brent Leach to back up Kuo and Sherill. Though I have not noticed his presence at MLB camp.

Comment by Table— March 15, 2010 #

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- Leach pitched an inning in today’s game against the Angels: 1 BB, 1 K, 0 H, 0 R. He had an earlier appearance this spring: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 0 R.
  
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  - P.S. Leach was just optioned to minor league camp, along with Schlichting and DeJesus.
    
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