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The Nats are now saying Zimmermann has 4 starts left- so that would make his final start on or about Aug 22 vs Arizona.
It's becoming quite commonplace for teams to "shut down" young starters- but this almost always happens in September- which means no roster move is required. With 40-man rosters, it's no problem for the player to keep his active MLB roster slot, and just not play.
But what will the Nats do in this instance? I doubt they'd want to be a man short for the last 8-9 games of August. They could create some phony injury for a "phantom DL" move- but I remember reading somewhere Selig saying the league/union was going to be more vigilant in making sure all DL moves were medically-necessary. I mean, if you've been saying for weeks now that JZimm would be shut down at 160 innings, isn't it pretty hard to sell that suddenly at 160IP he got injured? I suppose they could option him to the minors?
Just wondering how you think the Nats will handle this. In my $$ league, it's much more costly to replace an active player, than one on the DL or in the minors- so it could potentially have a big effect on a close pennant chase.
It's becoming quite commonplace for teams to "shut down" young starters- but this almost always happens in September- which means no roster move is required. With 40-man rosters, it's no problem for the player to keep his active MLB roster slot, and just not play.
But what will the Nats do in this instance? I doubt they'd want to be a man short for the last 8-9 games of August. They could create some phony injury for a "phantom DL" move- but I remember reading somewhere Selig saying the league/union was going to be more vigilant in making sure all DL moves were medically-necessary. I mean, if you've been saying for weeks now that JZimm would be shut down at 160 innings, isn't it pretty hard to sell that suddenly at 160IP he got injured? I suppose they could option him to the minors?
Just wondering how you think the Nats will handle this. In my $$ league, it's much more costly to replace an active player, than one on the DL or in the minors- so it could potentially have a big effect on a close pennant chase.
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