Comments on: Daily Farm Report 8/26/08

By: Luhnow downplays Colby/Cards rift | Future Redbirds

Luhnow downplays Colby/Cards rift | Future Redbirds — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:27:30 +0000

[...] covering the farm system all the more fun year round. So far we know of the players going to the Arizona Fall League and the Hawaiian Winter League. Also we know David Freese is playing in Venezuela, and The Man, The [...]

By: HL is not dirty

HL is not dirty — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:50:20 +0000

Phelps up, Garcia down.

By: Jawac

Jawac — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:04:34 +0000

Like I said, exceptions have been made before. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t point to this rule as a reason why Colby wasn’t sent though.

By: cariocacardinal

cariocacardinal — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:55:26 +0000

Well Jawac, if those rules were followed neither Hill or Norrick would be on the roster. I think Norrick is on the DL currently.

By: squeegee

squeegee — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:56:15 +0000

I’m guessing Rico Washington is still on the 40-man roster simply because there hasn’t been a need to remove him. They still have several players — Mulder, Duncan — who can be moved to the 60-day DL to make way for other players to be added to the 40-man. I don’t think Rico is holding anybody back at this time.

By: Jawac

Jawac — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:51:19 +0000

Here’s another reason why Colby was probably left off of the AFL roster (per the Birdhouse):

AFL rules state that all players on minor league disabled lists must have been activated at least 45 days prior to the conclusion of the regular season to be AFL-eligible. Therefore, Rasmus does not qualify.

They also state that exceptions have been made in the so he still could be added later. However, I do agree with the others. He will be playing somewhere this Fall/Winter.

By: Tab

Tab — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:55:53 +0000

Thanks Erik, I can’t stand The Brewers either…
As far as Colby goes, the injury maybe. I was looking foward to seeing him, but guess that will have to wait. *I was never very patient* While it’d be nice for him to be near the big guys, I’d hate to see him sitting on that bench, and that’s what vibe I get if he were to get called up. But whatever.
Randy Flores is back at it again I see. He seems like a nice guy. But do we have to put up with this again next month. No, I’m not feeling nice, and I agree with the Rico comment too.
One more thing about Raz. I hope he learns from this, matures, and just smoke the hell out of the ball in Winter League. BTW, I love this site.

By: haltz

haltz — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:09:11 +0000

The service time is only an issue if they think he’ll start next year in the minors but be called up in the first month or so.

There are plenty of good reasons to have him hanging around. I don’t see what the downside is.

By: Pierce

Pierce — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:52:50 +0000

No surprise on Colby not getting a September call up. The Cardinals will have at least 6 outfielders as is in September, assuming Stavinoha is called up. Rasmus will be playing some type of fall/winter ball.

Also, Perdomo only walked 1, not 2. I’d like to see him pitch in person and see how good his slider is. He’s been inconsistent so far, but hopefully he can make good progress through the system next season.

By: picklefork

picklefork — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:18:12 +0000

Per the post…Colby will play in a Winter league somewhere..maybe on the team coached by Jose Oquendo?