Span to DL after game

[greengoblinrulz]

How bad is Span hurt or how pissed is the organization/manager at him when he was in the initial lineup today then said he couldnt go. They couldnt/wouldnt even use him as a pinchrunner today/in Sept

 

Also, Carson is not in the lineup for ROC tonight.....

[Alex]

According to 1500ESPN.com, Span was put on to the DL so the Twins could call up Matt Carson again, not because of mismanagement of the injury.

 

These two items aren't mutually exclusive.

[Thrylos]

Ryan missed a golden opportunity to trade Span before the deadline.

Unfortunate.

[TheLeviathan]

So the camp thinking Span is going to land us some solid young starter ready to back down yet?

 

This team's injury nonsense is pretty laughable though - think of all the Parmalee ABs we lost the last few weeks as a result of this. Really depressing.

[Nick Nelson]

This team's injury nonsense is pretty laughable though - think of all the Parmalee ABs we lost the last few weeks as a result of this. Really depressing.

 

How much is it really going to matter in the long run? Parmelee is going to get plenty of at-bats here in the final weeks and he'll be ready to go at the outset of the 2013 season. The Twins' medical staff has had some annoying moments, but I think this situation is being overblown. We're talking about the 25th roster spot on a last-place team.

[TheLeviathan]

How much is it really going to matter in the long run? Parmelee is going to get plenty of at-bats here in the final weeks and he'll be ready to go at the outset of the 2013 season. The Twins' medical staff has had some annoying moments, but I think this situation is being overblown. We're talking about the 25th roster spot on a last-place team.

 

Um, I'm not sure about everyone else - but I'm not upset about this because it hurts the team. I'm upset about it because A) This is now a problem several years old and IF we were contenders would be a problem and (more importantly) Parmalee has proven he's better than AAA pitching and since we should be spending the rest of this season evaluating players that are part of the long-term future - he should be getting at-bats. I'm bullish on Parmalee being one of those players, so losing out on several weeks of audition time is frustrating. I don't think being frustrated by this continuing issue is "overblowing" anything.

[Rosterman]

This makes absolutely no sense. No sense. And you can't 60-day a guy until the roster is at its 40-max. Picture Walters coming off and the Twins adding one player. If they are smart, they 60-day Capps, then add another. The 60-day Span and add one more (or just activate Capps and release him).

[kab21]

This is just getting ridiculous. they have been playing a player short (2 actually since they have Butera on the roster) and they seem to continually have no idea what is wrong with players. I can understand those that are defending the inaction because there is some uncertainty when dealing with injuries but this is a continual issue with the Twins and I'm certain that it happens a lot more for the Twins.

[bird]

Hey, relax, everyone. Our intrepid beat writers will get to the bottom of this. Stand back and watch the tough questions fly.

[jokin]

This team's injury nonsense is pretty laughable though - think of all the Parmalee ABs we lost the last few weeks as a result of this. Really depressing.

 

How much is it really going to matter in the long run? Parmelee is going to get plenty of at-bats here in the final weeks and he'll be ready to go at the outset of the 2013 season. The Twins' medical staff has had some annoying moments, but I think this situation is being overblown. We're talking about the 25th roster spot on a last-place team.

 

"Some annoying moments"? They were apparently quite comfortable with the FO going public with a "diagnosis" to one of the highest-paid players in the history of baseball with a non-existent medical term? Given all the former players who went public about the situation here, I'd say the union and the agents are more than annoyed- and likely consider the Twins the laughingstock of baseball when it comes to handling medical and training concerns.

 

25th roster spot? Besides the pitching situation, the filling of this spot is one of the critical in-season decision-making tools on how the team moves forward, ie, a 2013 team with or without Parmele, and where.

[Top Gun]

Thank god they finally put him on the dl. No other team has this problem. This is the major leagues and they play a player short and think nottin

of it. It's beyond reason.