Richie the Rally Goat

Lynn must have needed some extra work and needed a few extra days... else Lynn and Gibson would be switched

Aybar was reassigned and can elect to become a free agent soon, first day of the season I believe. I think Featherston is in the mix for depth at 3rd. He has lasted late into camp and while knowing Polanco will get suspended and a possibility that Sano does too, Falvine stayed with only a minor league deal for Aybar. Must be planning on Gordon and Featherston to be getting some MLB playing time this year. I reread the article again... found Hughes in the recap under starters, I was looking for him in “reliever”

and how many games can a bad last man in the pen let the opposing team back in a game? That causes additional wear on the first arms in the pen that should t have been in the game at all...

because labeling Hughes a bullpen pitcher somehow solves an issue?

Did I miss a transaction/60 day dL of Phil Hughes?

agreed, though they’ve stated 12

uhh, Baseball Prospectus, Fangraphs, they have great big models to run those kinds of things. They are great, but take way more resources than I have. The swag is a lot of fun for me

I never worked in supplements, but did work in food production and distribution that are both USDA and FDA regulated, as are supplements (organic supplements are both USDA and FDA regulated) Supplements are definitely USDA and FDA regulated in the US. Of course supplements not manufactured or distributed in the US are not regulated by the FDA. https://www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ FDA regulation is not easy, neither is USDA. We also were a Kosher and AIB accredited plant, so we were inspected at least monthly by somebody. FDA typically inspected our plant annually on a schedule and annually on a surprise audit. Audits were rigorous, requiring receiving documents audits, shipping document audits, production reporting audits, inventory, recipes, samples and testing. There were 5 auditors in our plant for a couple weeks and then a follow up with findings, which is why we added the Kosher and AIB accreditation as it made us over-compliant with the government. Reminder, all producers and DISTRIBUTORS of supplements and ingredients in the US are subject to the FDA. The FDA goes so far as to inspect and sample at port of entry into the US. 1 in 5 receipts of imported dried lentils or beans (we made easy to prepare shelf stable entre’s) has a note of sample and how many pounds of samples they took from each bulk bag. Now, back to the caveat.... USDA has no jurisdiction in the DR. Those supplements could have been sourced from anywhere. China is the “Wild Wild East” where anything goes. I once received a recall on Chinese baby formula that was cut with Melamine powder. They cut baby formula with fricken abrasives! Poor babies, that had to hurt! Point is, anything is possible, but unlikely here in the US. I don’t know anything about the rules in DR. Important distinction regarding the FDA between supplements and medications. With supplements you don’t have to prove what the supplement does as long as your legalese on the advertising or package doesn’t make any false claims. It’s easy to skirt.

according to the mlb document the league notifies the GM and the MLBPA 72 hours before notifying the player. I was way off on my timing, but Falvey must have known. Now maybe the results of the test were announced 4 days ago but Polanco knew he’d failed it before the ink was dry on the cup label...

he wasn’t that bad...Ok, maybe he was

http://www.mlb.com/pa/pdf/jda.pdf According to the policy, the team, the players association, and the league knows 72 hours before the player does. My guess is this has been a week or less. My employees were non-union, but i suspended my reports as soon as I found out or at the beginning of their next shift if they were off. I’d literally find them in the plant or at the beginning of the shift wait at the time clock. Everyone knew someone got popped if I greeted everyone at the door, which was once or twice a month.

the team must administer (or schedule w/ the third party) the test, no? Maybe not the analysis, but the collection. Or do you mean when the team gets the results?

you had me until Lewis. Don’t mess with him out of necessity.

Gordon got reassigned today, do you suppose so they could get him play SS reps full time and get Adrianza and/or Escobar full time SS reps as well?

Boy am I disappointed in Polanco. Even if he didn’t intentionally take the roids, which is suspect, he made a bad choice by taking something that he didn’t know what it was.

agreed, but how do you convince Polahd to just eat 26 mil? I doubt he would just be ok with it. “Eh, it’s no big deal... easy come, easy go.” Additionally Falvey is supposed to be the pitching guru. Tough to fix a guy who’s not on the team.

with no details it’s hard to say, but generally I agree. I’m not concerned, but reality is, whatever prompted that original timeline, it doesn’t look very realistic. I’m not panicked, just saying all the other stuff with Hughes/Mejia/Duffey and the 5th spot in the rotation and swing man seems like it’s going to have a further looking lens than the previous view. Into mid May or further, brings a higher likelihood that another starter has an injury. How do you keep quality depth and keep your prospects on their development plans?

http://mlb.com/r/article?ymd=20180317&content_id=268951976&vkey=news_min&c_id=min Bullpen bound?

while I’m in no way shape or form qualified, generally spring training is 6 weeks long for pitchers, and generally those pitchers can grip a baseball when they show up. Early May isn’t looking good... I would also be curious to hear Heezy’s opinion of what kind of timeline he might expect from here.

concur

yabba dabba don’t go there

thanks for the report. I’ve been on the “let’s see what he’s got” side, but man TOS is a tough one to come back from. It doesn’t sound good.

he’ll have 3 more appearances I assume? Does Rochester line up Mejia for the same schedule?

did anyone see the game? Was he working on something specific? By now I’d think he’d be working on mix and longevity as the season starts in less than two weeks.

Rooker’s destiny is in his own hands. Depth isn’t affecting Rooker’s development plan. Wade might be impacted, but if he makes his case, they’ll figure out the finagling. Seems like Levi Michael has to figure some things out... he hasn’t been in the discussion at all.