John Feinstein wrote a book titled "Next Man Up" a few years ago. The book followed the Baltimore Ravens for a season and the title of the book comes from the theme that football is a game of injuries. Football is a tough, vicious, injury-causing game and teams are always looking for the next man up to replace someone who has to leave the game due to injury. The Blue Jays current theme is Next Man Up.
The next man up is Brad Mills who will make his major league debut tomorrow night. Casey Janssen is going on the DL with inflammation in his shoulder. Jordan Bastians story is here. Last season I interviewed Brad Mills.
The Next Man Up after Mills could be Brett Cecil or Jeremy Accardo. Scott Downs will be evaluated today to see how his toe is. If he does go on the DL Jeremy Accardo should be recalled and Jason Frasor will be the closer.
Roy Halladay is also due to throw today to see if he is on track to pitch on Saturday. Cecil, Fabio Castro and David Purcey could be recalled to start in place of Halladay. Castro pitched last night so a Saturday start for him would be on short rest. In any event he was not dominant last night. That leaves Purcey and Cecil. Both of them have been up and down since they went back to AAA, I assume the coaching staff in Las Vegas will have a big say in who is pitching better and who deserves the call.
UPDATE: (4:30pm) Jordan Bastian twitters that both Halladay and Downs are going on the DL. That would make three pitchers going on the DL in one day, that is quite an achievement. Halladay's DL will be backdated and he can return on Jun 28th. A replacement will be required for two starts. No word on replacements yet.
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