[USML Announce] Brats Will Survive, Morrow Less

[Andy Klein]

Travis DArnaud.  He's next year's Hosmer, right?

Weeks is The Man.  Hitting almost .500 as a member of the K-9.  I'm already
fretting over whether to extend him one or two years during the offseason!

-Andy

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Brad Jansen <bljansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> *ITEM*
>
> TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays<http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/tor/toronto-blue-jays>placed right-hander Brandon
> Morrow <http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/28734/brandon-morrow> on the
> 15-day disabled list Wednesday, retroactive to June 12, and recalled
> infielder Yan Gomes <http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/32108/yan-gomes>from Triple-A Las Vegas.Morrow left nine pitches into Monday's start
> against Washington after suffering a strained muscle in his left side. A
> second round of tests Tuesday confirmed the initial diagnosis and Morrow
> was placed on the DL. There is no timetable for his return.Morrow entered
> Monday's game having won three of his previous four starts, a stretch in
> which he also threw two shutouts. The former first-round pick has a
> career-high three shutouts this season. He's 7-4 with a 3.01 earned-run
> average in 13 starts.In 14 games with Toronto this season, Gomes is hitting
> .226 with three homers and eight RBIs.
>
> *LOSER*
>
> Klein Nine. In rush to acquire light-hitting MI Jemile Weeks (.228), team
> hurriedly dumped AL's best pitcher Chris Sale. With Morrow out
> indefinitely, there's no question the Brats would have parted company with
> minor league's top star D'Arnaud to land Sale, but K-9 went* BARKING UP
> THE WRONG TREE*.
>
> *WINNER*
>
> Riptorns. Yan Gomes's multiple recalls to the Show clearly demonstrate to
> the Jays as well as the USML that he provides the power promised but not
> delivered by the likes of Lind and Snider and becomes yet another stud for
> the Rips to trade as team ready to *GO OUT ON A LIMB*.
>
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