Dodgers Make It Official; Haeger to DL, Ely Starts Tuesday
by Eric Stephen on May 10, 2010 1:42 PM PDT
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The Dodgers' worst kept secret became official today, as Charlie Haeger was placed on the disabled list with an amazingly convenient sore heel, officially diagnosed as right plantar fascitis. Placing a pitcher on the disabled list was the only way the Dodgers could have recalled John Ely, who was optioned to Triple A Albuquerque Friday, as optioned players must remain on optional assignment for at least 10 days unless they are replacing an injured player.
Ely will start Tuesday against Dan Haren and the Diamondbacks, hoping to keep a streak alive. Ely pitched six innings in his debut against the Mets, followed by 6 2/3 innings against Milwaukee on Thursday. There have only been four Los Angeles Dodgers to pitch at least six innings in each of their first three games:
| Most 6-Inning Starts to Begin Career | ||
| Pitcher | Year | Games |
| Don Sutton | 1966 | 8 |
| Pedro Astacio | 1992 | 5 |
| Doyle Alexander | 1971 | 3 |
| Jim Neidlinger | 1990 | 3 |
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I think a lot of different things have to happen before Haeger gets another start. Plus, there might not be any room in the bullpen for him as mop-up man anyway.
by Eric Stephen on May 10, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So you see him getting DFA’d then once he comes back and keeping Ely up for good and installing him as the fifth when Padilla comes back? And, so who becomes the new 5th SP while Padilla is out, or is it just going to be a Monk/ Ramon Ortiz shuffle?
If everyone is healthy, and Ortiz is still around once Haeger is going to come off the DL, then yes I think they will DFA Haeger.
by Eric Stephen on May 10, 2010 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Plantar fascitis, aka Gary Bennett's Disease...
…has in the past proven fatal to Dodger careers.
by Little Blue Bicycle on May 10, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Eric, so Ely gets credited for the service time from Friday-Monday and pay for those days, right? And in turn, no option was officially used.
No, lets review the term option again
Players have 3 “options” from the time they are on the 40-man roster. An option is used when that player is assigned during the MLB regular season to a minor league team. However if a player is put on the 40-man roster and is immediately place on the active roster (e.g. a September call-up) and is not returned to the minors, an option is not used.
Or in the case of Cory Wade, if he were to stay on the DL for the year, he would not use an option.
But in Ely’s case, he was assigned to the minors during ST, thus he has used one option. He can go back up and down all year and he will still use just one option.
Ely wasn’t on the 40-man when assigned to the minors. His first time on the 40-man came when his contract was purchase to start in NY
by Eric Stephen on May 10, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
So technically, to date, Ely had not used an option
by Eric Stephen on May 10, 2010 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
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