A's call up Lewis, Duke to the DL.

by OaklandA23 on May 22, 2007 3:26 PM PDT

Another roster move. Also, Jeremy Brown has been designated for assignment.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland A's today selected right-handed pitcher Colby Lewis from Triple-A Sacramento and placed right-handed pitcher Justin Duchscherer on the 15-day Disabled List retroactive to May 15 with a right hip strain. To clear a spot for Lewis on the 40-man roster, the A's have designated catcher Jeremy Brown for assignment.

Lewis was signed by the A's to a minor league contract on March 24 after he was released by Washington on March 19 and is scheduled to start for the A's tonight in Chicago. The 27-year old right-hander was 5-1 with a 2.31 ERA in eight games, all starts, with Sacramento, and was tied for the Pacific Coast League lead in wins while ranking second in ERA and third in strikeouts (47). Lewis pitched parts of three seasons with Texas from 2002-04 and one season with Detroit in 2006. He has a 12-13 record and a 6.76 ERA in 46 career Major League appearances, 33 starts.

Duchscherer was 3-3 with a 4.96 ERA in 17 relief appearances for the A's this year. This is his second career stint on the Disabled List as he was also on the DL last year from May 7 to June 23 with right elbow tendinitis.

Brown was batting .235 with one home run and seven RBI in 14 games at Triple-A Sacramento. He made his Major League debut with the A's last year and went 3 for 10 (.300) with two doubles in five games.

The A's have now used the Disabled List 11 times this year and currently have nine players on the DL. Oakland used the DL 15 times last year, which was the most times the A's used the DL since they used it 21 times in 1997. This marks the first time the A's have had at least nine players on the DL at one time since August 27-29, 1997 when they had 11 players on the DL. The 11 players on the DL this year have combined to miss 239 games.

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Bout time, Duke has been getting worse

with more rest, so it makes sense.

I just wonder when Buck and Bradley will be DL'd.

by Zonis on May 22, 2007 3:24 PM PDT reply actions

cortisone shot- not a good sign if it didn't take

"Shitburger, Skip?"

by ohtobe21likehuston on May 22, 2007 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

But I am really supprised that Brown as DFA'd

I thought he'd be the heir apparent for the Backup Catcher job in Oakland next year.

The question is, who if anyone will claim the Moneyball Mascott, and if he will make the majors.

by Zonis on May 22, 2007 3:25 PM PDT reply actions

Doubtful that he will ever make it

This was a tough day for BB because he has unofficially admitted that Jeremy Brown was a bad idea. Oh well. He has made so many great decisions to offset this one. Obviously JB can continue his career in the minors but it will be interesting to see if he has the stomach for it.

I believe Brown will enjoy a new career because he clearly was tired of Moneyball questions being thrown at him and BB did give him every chance to become an MLB catcher. I spoke to him a few times while attending MILB games and he appeared to be prepared for life after baseball.

Sincerely,

Dr. Phil

"Shitburger, Skip?"

by ohtobe21likehuston on May 22, 2007 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

well

mediocre numbers in the minors + apparently bad defense + injured= great dfa candidate.

The game represents... the checkered journey of life. - Milton Bradley

by mikeA on May 22, 2007 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Seems like the injury thing

is a requirement to make the Show in Oakland...

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on May 22, 2007 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Melhuse

I think Melhuse might still crack the big club next year as a bridge to Suzuki, even if he's a .200 hitter. I'll bet he'd have a lot to offer Kurt in terms of how to handle the current pitchers on the A's staff, as well as AL hitters.

It would be tough to try and break in two new catchers at once.

"I assumed a 'minotaie' was a mythical beast akin to a unicorn, but a lot smaller. Maybe that follows Scutaro around." -The inimitable Monkeyball

by notsellingjeans on May 22, 2007 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

bridge to Suzuki?

Is that some really massive federal pork earmark by Ted Stevens and Don Young?

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Called it last week.

Suzuki is on the fast track.

So be it.

The Kendall Shift: 6 infielders and 2 catchers.

by Ozzz on May 22, 2007 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions

jeremy brown

career .300 hitter!

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on May 22, 2007 3:37 PM PDT reply actions

<organizes Melhuse job security party>

The game represents... the checkered journey of life. - Milton Bradley

by mikeA on May 22, 2007 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

<doesn't invite xbox>

Watt Funk Staturist

by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 22, 2007 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

< organizes xbx job security party ... >

< ... seeing as how it looks like AN will still require one consistent anti-Melhuse poster >

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

would even an injured jeremy brown be any worse

than this?
kendall .189/.234/.203

or this?
melhuse .158/.238/.211

A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05

by xbhaskarx on May 22, 2007 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

the fat box can't catch because he can't move behind the plate. DH is already taken.

by IndianaAsfan on May 22, 2007 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions

15 yard penalty for unnecessary roughness

Hi ho.

by danh on May 22, 2007 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions

It had to happen at some point

I'd argue Brown was the one player on the 40-man roster with zero upside. Pitchers get hurt often enough that we can't afford to DFA any of those guys.

We could've moved another guy to the 60-day DL...but all those guys are gonna come back at some point, and when they do, Brown still would've been kicked off. It was only a matter of time.

Beane saw this coming, and that's why he got Closser a few weeks back. He knew that very soon he might lose Brown when he had to DFA him.

Still, it's very possible no other team wants him for their 40-man roster either, and we get him back, a la Hiram Bocachica and Antonio Perez earlier this year.

That would be true to form with Brown. After all, nobody else ever wanted him in the first place.

"I assumed a 'minotaie' was a mythical beast akin to a unicorn, but a lot smaller. Maybe that follows Scutaro around." -The inimitable Monkeyball

by notsellingjeans on May 22, 2007 3:39 PM PDT reply actions

Great

more guys that nobody else wants. It works sometimes, but Perez and Bocachica are hardly a ringing endorsement.

by IndianaAsfan on May 22, 2007 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Horrible medical mismanagement?

Someone with medical chops please correct me if I'm wrong. But isn't it borderline negligence to have given Duchscherer a cortisone shot if he in fact was not going to be able to pitch? As I (perhaps incorrectly) understand it, the only value of cortisone is to overcome pain when a condition won't otherwise be exacerbated by trying to play through it. So if you're not going to play, cortisone is a negative in that it masks the pain which is your body's way of telling you to sit down and rest.

Watt Funk Staturist

by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 22, 2007 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

animal studies have shown it weakens tendons and

softens cartilage too.

"Shitburger, Skip?"

by ohtobe21likehuston on May 22, 2007 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

link

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/pain...

"Shitburger, Skip?"

by ohtobe21likehuston on May 22, 2007 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

the idea was that

he was going to be able to pitch which is why he got the shot, but I guess his hip is in nine pieces instead of the three that they thought.

The game represents... the checkered journey of life. - Milton Bradley

by mikeA on May 22, 2007 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions

informed consent

Considering my role as the lone AN defender of the A's medical/training staff, I feel it's incumbent on me to point out that no player is forced to receive or forgo any specific treatment (or absence thereof).

Whether or not taking the cortisone shot was a dumb idea, Duke shares fully in the responsibility for it.

My guess is that if the A's have been truthful and accurate in their assertions that Duke's hip is arthritic (rather than, say, fractured or subject to a more degenrative disease), then the cortisone shot wasn't necessarily a bad idea.

If they haven't been truthful and accurate ...

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions

A's medical staff not being truthful?

What an odd thought.

The Kendall Shift: 6 infielders and 2 catchers.

by Ozzz on May 22, 2007 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

It's an anti-inflammatory

I don't know, I've never snelled.

by andeux on May 22, 2007 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

...which may or may not work.

But they had to try.

The A's DL: To infinity, and beyond!

by Poppy on May 22, 2007 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm not so sure

(first the obvious disclaimer: I may not know what I'm talking about).

That said,there are lots of anti-inflammatories, which relieve pain and reduce swelling. And they're prescribed for lots of injuries. However, as best I can tell cortisone shots are only used when the goal is to quickly reduce the swelling and overcome the pain so that an athlete (in this case) can return to athletics when he otherwise could not.

In most cases, injuries are diagnosed and treated with an Rx of anti-inflammatories, pain relievers, and REST. If Duke wasn't gonna pitch he shouldn't have been given a cortisone shot, but rather, should have been treated with the more common and (presumably) more thoroughly effective treatment of regular drugs plus rest. Which he'll now get. Six days and one unnecessary cortisone shot later.

(repeats talking-out-of-non-standard-orifice dislaimer)

Watt Funk Staturist

by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 22, 2007 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Come on!

[/GOB]

"Kots went yard. With a pink bat. Stud."

by Jennifer on May 22, 2007 3:55 PM PDT reply actions

Get... OUT! (shove)

[/elaine]

The Kendall Shift: 6 infielders and 2 catchers.

by Ozzz on May 22, 2007 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions

FIRE LARRY DAVIS NOW!

how bad can this get?

why was Duke's injury not properly diagnosed and treated? would it not have been best to attend to this in spring training? now he's probably aggravated it and we've lost our top 2 relievers.

by oak1 on May 22, 2007 3:57 PM PDT reply actions

I honestly don't think this is on the A's

If the guy's got an arthritic hip (given the A's previous mendacity, a big "if"; I'm fully anticipating we find out in about 5 days that it's far more serious), then there's nothing the training staff can do but try to minimized the pain.

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

in 5 days..

they may reveal that his hip is just not mexican enough.

Hi ho.

by danh on May 22, 2007 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree with you

This is a chronic condition that you try to manage. The A's staff has managed it well for years, but this year all the innings, and maybe age, are starting to catch up with Duke.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on May 22, 2007 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

You don't really aggravate arthritis.

Unless he's treating it by hanging around bad weather.

The Kendall Shift: 6 infielders and 2 catchers.

by Ozzz on May 22, 2007 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions

This is getting old.

Put me on the DL...I quit.

"I almost landed in some lady's lap, which was kinda fun.'' -- Swish

by Sharon on May 22, 2007 4:07 PM PDT reply actions

< administers cortisone shot to Sharon >

There. You should be fine now.

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Chavez not playing tonight

Korach just told Marty Lurie that Scutaro will start at third base tonight.

by OaklandSi on May 22, 2007 4:12 PM PDT reply actions

... and then move into right field

in the 3rd inning when another outfielder goes all Spinal Tap drummer on us.

by green star oakland on May 22, 2007 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions

maybe the oakland 9 can all play lead guitar

Hi ho.

by danh on May 22, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Talk about mud flaps

Jeremy's got 'em...

Flatten Your Thirds.

by LawDaddy on May 22, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's hope Colby Lewis's era

doesn't go to 11.

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on May 22, 2007 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions

I think we should sign J.F. Sebastian

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Are you Maching me? n/t

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on May 22, 2007 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Chavez

He's still making the plays on defense, but he's looked increasingly lost at the plate for the last week. My guess is that his forearm problem is bad enough that he just can't swing with any authority, and he's just trying to put the ball in play as soon as possible.

I don't know, I've never snelled.

by andeux on May 22, 2007 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions

that's what Fosse quoted Chavez as saying

on the pregame show today.

by OaklandSi on May 22, 2007 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

What unbelievable bull@#%&!

Every time the guys struggles for an extended period, then the "injury" bug hits. That's total nonsense.
"Hey Chavez, is your arm hurting or what?!"
"Huh? What? Oh, oh yeah ... my arm is hurting."
What a joke.

VacaAsFan

by Vacafan on May 22, 2007 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions

looks like my Bill Frist stadium glasses worked

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Badger? Badger?

We don't need no stinking Badger!

"Incidentally, this sort of helps confirm my belief that Mark Kotsay is the perfect "average" player." - FJM

by doctorK on May 22, 2007 4:20 PM PDT reply actions

Badger Badger Badger

Mushroom! Mushroom!"

by Zonis on May 22, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe we should start the season with backups

and let them take the brunt of the injury bugs, get it out of the way, and bring the starters back in by mid May.

by asfansince1989 on May 22, 2007 4:40 PM PDT reply actions

The bottom third of the order

is batting .358.
Combined.

I don't know, I've never snelled.

by andeux on May 22, 2007 4:44 PM PDT reply actions

innumeracy

Everyone knows you don't add those rate stats together ...

You multiply them.

The bottom third of the order is batting .000.

You swing harder, you strike out; you try to throw harder, you hit the mascot. ~ theblackpearl @('.')@

by monkeyball on May 22, 2007 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Well if Craig Wilson clears waivers...

I'm sure Brown will clear them (isn't that basically what happens after being DFA'd?).

Also, what about adding Wilson? He is a 1b, OF, and "C". I remember those KNBR "rumors" of Wilson for Saarloos; not sure who would have won that trade.

"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

by vignette17 on May 22, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions