Post by Mariners on Jul 26, 2007 1:03:56 GMT -5
I thought we had a string for this, but could not find one:
Matt J. Smith (PHI-real/ N.Y.n- IYFBL) was D.L.'d in the minors on 6/23, but has still been active in the IBC. He had Tommy John surgery 7/1.
Also, Phil Stockman has been on and off the minor league DL all year, yet has pitched in 30 games in SIM (to the detriment of the team > 6.68 ERA, lol!).
Now I can totally understand overlooking minor league injuries due to the lack of information readily available. In this case I know the GM is 'strait-up' and would DL the player(s) had he known.
I would like to discuss some 'soft' penalty for these situations in the future, however. I for one know what every player on my team, Major or Minor is doing, active or injured!
I go to MiLB.com every so often to check in on my players, especially if I have them 'active'. I type in their name, and it shows a page with their stats, last 10 games on it, and sometimes even actually say's "DL'd". It takes me about 30 seconds per player to type them in and see how "hot/cold" they have been, or not playing.
So, I don't blame anyone overlooking such injuries, but as the "DL" info highway keeps improving, also, we as a league improve, we need to become slowly more and more harsh for GM's overlooking ANY of their playes.
Afterall, don't we want ALL GM's 'into' their teams enough to know such things?
There is no penalties written in the rules, and I remember having some questions to the "DL penalty" that Rich handed down for Bill Bray. I have since traded for Bill Bray and don't recall when he will be able to be activated from his "DL penalty".
So basically is what I'm saying is, I would like us to discuss as a league what the uniform penalty should be for playing hurt players, and if we should differentiate between Majors & Minors due to the information available. With the improvement of MiLB.com and Baseball America's Minor League transactions the info is there for the asstute GM.
Matt J. Smith (PHI-real/ N.Y.n- IYFBL) was D.L.'d in the minors on 6/23, but has still been active in the IBC. He had Tommy John surgery 7/1.
Also, Phil Stockman has been on and off the minor league DL all year, yet has pitched in 30 games in SIM (to the detriment of the team > 6.68 ERA, lol!).
Now I can totally understand overlooking minor league injuries due to the lack of information readily available. In this case I know the GM is 'strait-up' and would DL the player(s) had he known.
I would like to discuss some 'soft' penalty for these situations in the future, however. I for one know what every player on my team, Major or Minor is doing, active or injured!
I go to MiLB.com every so often to check in on my players, especially if I have them 'active'. I type in their name, and it shows a page with their stats, last 10 games on it, and sometimes even actually say's "DL'd". It takes me about 30 seconds per player to type them in and see how "hot/cold" they have been, or not playing.
So, I don't blame anyone overlooking such injuries, but as the "DL" info highway keeps improving, also, we as a league improve, we need to become slowly more and more harsh for GM's overlooking ANY of their playes.
Afterall, don't we want ALL GM's 'into' their teams enough to know such things?
There is no penalties written in the rules, and I remember having some questions to the "DL penalty" that Rich handed down for Bill Bray. I have since traded for Bill Bray and don't recall when he will be able to be activated from his "DL penalty".
So basically is what I'm saying is, I would like us to discuss as a league what the uniform penalty should be for playing hurt players, and if we should differentiate between Majors & Minors due to the information available. With the improvement of MiLB.com and Baseball America's Minor League transactions the info is there for the asstute GM.
