Smoltz Says He Will Return to Bullpen (1 Viewer)

[Mystery Achiever]

Does this make him droppable in a shallow league if you really need the slot?

"WASHINGTON -- While others might be currently speculating, there's no doubt in John Smoltz's mind about what he'll be doing when he comes off the disabled list. In fact, the Braves right-hander has even allowed himself to accept the fact that he might never make another Major League start.

"I'm coming back as a reliever first and then we'll see what happens," Smoltz said during a late Wednesday afternoon telephone conversation. "I'm content with this."

While Braves manager Bobby Cox and pitching coach Roger McDowell indicated they were going to wait at least a few days before seriously beginning to think about putting Smoltz back in the bullpen, the 40-year-old hurler doesn't believe there is any other option. He simply can't continue to pitch with the tightness that has existed between his shoulder and neck since midway through Spring Training."

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article...sp&c_id=atl

 

[shadyridr]

Does this make him droppable in a shallow league if you really need the slot?

"WASHINGTON -- While others might be currently speculating, there's no doubt in John Smoltz's mind about what he'll be doing when he comes off the disabled list. In fact, the Braves right-hander has even allowed himself to accept the fact that he might never make another Major League start.

"I'm coming back as a reliever first and then we'll see what happens," Smoltz said during a late Wednesday afternoon telephone conversation. "I'm content with this."

While Braves manager Bobby Cox and pitching coach Roger McDowell indicated they were going to wait at least a few days before seriously beginning to think about putting Smoltz back in the bullpen, the 40-year-old hurler doesn't believe there is any other option. He simply can't continue to pitch with the tightness that has existed between his shoulder and neck since midway through Spring Training."

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article...sp&c_id=atl

Hell probably become their closer

 

[cobalt_27]

Does this make him droppable in a shallow league if you really need the slot?

"WASHINGTON -- While others might be currently speculating, there's no doubt in John Smoltz's mind about what he'll be doing when he comes off the disabled list. In fact, the Braves right-hander has even allowed himself to accept the fact that he might never make another Major League start.

"I'm coming back as a reliever first and then we'll see what happens," Smoltz said during a late Wednesday afternoon telephone conversation. "I'm content with this."

While Braves manager Bobby Cox and pitching coach Roger McDowell indicated they were going to wait at least a few days before seriously beginning to think about putting Smoltz back in the bullpen, the 40-year-old hurler doesn't believe there is any other option. He simply can't continue to pitch with the tightness that has existed between his shoulder and neck since midway through Spring Training."

http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article...sp&c_id=atl

Hell probably become their closer

Heaven probably goes to the setup role?

 

[Mystery Achiever]

Heaven probably goes to the setup role?

Who?

 

[Michael Brown]

Heaven probably goes to the setup role?

Who? :(

He was making a grammatical joke at Shady's expense for neglecting to put an apostrophe between HE and LL when he said "he'll"

 

[Mystery Achiever]

Thx, MB. I'm not very detail-oriented.

 

[shadyridr]

Heaven probably goes to the setup role?

Who?

He was making a grammatical joke at Shady's expense for neglecting to put an apostrophe between HE and LL when he said "he'll"

In other words he was being a complete nerd