Kyle Snyder Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
Woo! I love writing a post early in the morning and setting it to publish later on. (Yes, I’m a geek.)
So yesterday, in the middle of her post covering the rally (which really didn’t cover it at all), Amalie Benjamin lets us know the deal with the playoff roster thus far:
The only roster hints being given out were that virtually everyone up in September is heading out to Anaheim. Those who are not, and will not be on the ALDS roster, are Devern Hansack, David Pauley, and David Aardsma. Those three are going to Ft. Myers to the instructional league. PauleyHansack will be stretched out into starters, and Aardsma will pitch out of the bullpen. (That has to be a disappointment for Aardsma, who has not pitched well of late, but who has been with the team much of the season.) Chris Smith and George Kottaras were sent home. The rest of the September roster — including Chris Carter, Jeff Bailey, Jonathan Van Every, and Gil Velazquez among them — are going to California.
Wow. No David Aardsma? This really surprises me. I’ve often called Aardsma “Dude who stole Kyle’s spot in the bullpen” (or some variation of that!). And, as has been noted, Kyle isn’t someone you want to piss off. What goes around comes around – or something like that. David Aardsma has been smited. Smote? Dude’s done been smoten.
(Aardsma seems like a nice guy. This must suck for him and I feel sorry about that. But I’m Irish. My memory for these things is long and unforgiving. 😀 )
Earlier this season I joked that the Curse of Kyle was on the bullpen. And you thought I was kidding.
(Yes, this post is just a blatant way for me to get a Kyle picture in on a dreary Tuesday morning. Guilty!)
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