Schilling pushed back to Saturday vs. Braves

[CatBoxBackFan]

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks placed Curt Schilling on the 15-day disabled list Monday, retroactive to his last start on April 18.

Schilling, who underwent an appendectomy in St. Louis on April 20, had been scheduled to start Thursday against Florida. Monday's move pushed that start back two days to Saturday, when Schilling is scheduled to face the Atlanta Braves.

The right-hander had hoped to come back sooner, but had experienced some discomfort during bullpen sessions. Rookie Andrew Good will start in Schilling's place Thursday.

The move allowed the Diamondbacks to activate catcher Rod Barajas, who had been on the disabled list since straining his left hamstring April 6 against Colorado. Barajas was in the starting lineup against Florida on Monday night.

Why not bring up Webb again?

 

[AZCB34]

Originally posted by CatBoxBackFan
PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks placed Curt Schilling on the 15-day disabled list Monday, retroactive to his last start on April 18.

Schilling, who underwent an appendectomy in St. Louis on April 20, had been scheduled to start Thursday against Florida. Monday's move pushed that start back two days to Saturday, when Schilling is scheduled to face the Atlanta Braves.

The right-hander had hoped to come back sooner, but had experienced some discomfort during bullpen sessions. Rookie Andrew Good will start in Schilling's place Thursday.

The move allowed the Diamondbacks to activate catcher Rod Barajas, who had been on the disabled list since straining his left hamstring April 6 against Colorado. Barajas was in the starting lineup against Florida on Monday night.

Why not bring up Webb again?

Aren't they required to reactivate Barajas when he is off the DL otherwise he goes through waivers or something? Honestly don't understand all the rules, all the time, so I might be way off.

 

[Chucklez65]

I believe we also have to wait 10 days before we can bring Webb back up after sending him down.

Chucklez65

 

[moviegeekjn]

Webb could be brought up in case of injury to another player... perhaps Curt would have qualified; however, Rod Barajas was put on the active roster in Curt's place.

When they activate Curt Saturday, someone will be going down.

 

[schillingfan]

John's right that the 10 day rule doesn't apply in the case of an injury, so Webb could have been brought back up as Curt was put on the DL. As to Barajas, the team has discretion in deciding when to reactivate a player just because the 15 days is up doesn't mean the player has to be reactivated, he can continue to be disabled, who's gonna dispute it. However, once a player is making rehabilitation assignments in the minors, the has team has only so many days before it must reactivate him. However I think the period is relatively long, possibly 20 days.