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2183833, Pedro Hernandez down, Caleb Thielbar up, Gibson soon?
Posted by Walleye, Tue May-21-13 10:11 AM
Our relievers have been busting ass for the terrible rotation lately, so Hernandez was returned to Rochester for bullpen help - but the other shoe is that we'll still need bodies to start games. Gibson has had two complete game shutouts in his last three starts and dinged 96mph with his fastball a couple times in the last game. He may not be ready ready as he still re-finds his post Tommy John command, but he could still be better than all five of his competitors.

Relatedly, Chris "nice story" Colabello has been hitting like crazy at Rochester. He's not on the 40-man, but they've recently started finding room for him in the outfield. If Parmelee struggles, Arcia will be the prime beneficiary, but they'll keep looking for ways to get Colabello a nice story debut.

Here's Byron Buxton hitting a walk-off grandslam. Estimated at 450 feet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESFtlpmPxT4