05 July 2007: Misc Notes

Thursday, July 05 2007 @ 09:10 AM EDT

Contributed by: Pistol

Maldoff gives us the latest from JP on the FAN

Quick summary of JP on the Fan 590 this morning:

Reed Johnson will be back tomorrow night (no word on corresponding roster move)

No idea yet on Glaus - have to wait for the swelling to go down
Burnett needs to learn to pitch through minor discomfort; he's probably been scared by all the major injuries
If Burnett keeps getting hurt, they'll bump McGowan and Marcum up in the rotation and put at AJ as the 4th starter
He thinks Hill can play a very good SS (not as good as 2B, but definitely good enough); maybe even Adams comes up this season to play 2B
League has been OK, but not good enough yet; possible he spends the whole season in AAA
Mentioned that the organization thinks that Janssen's future is in the rotation.

I imagine that Lind will be sent down when Johnson is activated. He's had plenty of ABs and he's not hitting any better right now than he did when he was first recalled (OPS+ of 70 this year). The Jays should, at worst, get a slight upgrade with Johnson back. Perhaps a big upgrade.

Are the Jays suddenly playing a college schedule? What is the point of Burnett being the "4th starter"? A team needs 5 starters and there's no difference between any of the starters (in terms of how much they pitch), except maybe the 5th who gets skipped over once in a while. It seems Ricciardi is trying to 'motivate' Burnett. Or send him to the operating table.

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