Cingrani on pace to have the Cy Young award renamed after him?
Cingrani on pace to have the Cy Young award renamed after him?
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Umm, it's in your quote.
"ML service time is not credited during any period or periods of optional assignment totaling 20 days or more during a single season."
Cingrani is on the 40 man, and therefore on optional assignment to AAA. He was sent down for assignment at the start of the year. For assignments for more than 20 days, MLB service time does not accrue. He was not on assignment for 20 days, and therefore his MLB service time did accrue.
Yes, if Cingrani had put in 20 days it would be the date he reported. Yet there is a 20 day provision, and at the start of the season if a player is called up before those 20 days his MLB service time goes back to opening day (it's actually the first day of the season, not the Reds opening day). That would be March 31st. He was 2 days short.
Last edited by scott91575; 04-30-2013 at 12:40 PM.
I'm 90% sure Cingrani was sent here by Papa John Schattner to bankrupt LaRosa's.
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Boy is the Cingrani hyperbole getting thick. I almost hope he has a human outing just to tamp things down....something normal like 10 k's and 2 runs allowed.
It doesn't have to look like roster voodoo (he was called up as an injury replacement), and the Reds would certainly not be the only team to do those things anyway. Heck, the Yankees waited until May for Robinson Cano. The Red Sox didn't call up Jon Lester until June. The Nats waited to call up both Harper and Strasburg. Cards waited until April 26th to call up John Jay, and they waited until June for Lance Lynn. The Dodgers waited until late May to call up Matt Kemp. I could go on and on and on with every single major league franchise, even the ones people see as some sort of beacon of how an organization should be run. It's how the game is played, and you see that in how few rookies start the year in the majors.
If the Reds sent him down for some minor league scrub for a few weeks, yes, that would look bad. Yet that is not the case. How bad would it look if after 6 weeks they get rid of Leake for a guy who is not proven? You don't think that wouldn't bring bad will? I am sure Cingrani will be able to handle any moves the Reds make without holding any ill will. Besides, by the time it comes to sign him to a long term deal it will mostly be about money anyway.
Last edited by scott91575; 04-30-2013 at 01:20 PM.
I have learned quickly not to judge a pitcher until he has seen teams multiple times... Let him go around the league once or twice before you start putting huge labels on the guy.
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There's an enormous difference between "We're waiting to call him up until X date" and "He's dominating major league hitters, but we're going to send him down for a few weeks, reducing our ability to compete and win, for contract reasons 5 years from now."
They're both games teams play, but the latter sends a message that results and winning take a back-seat to saving a buck whenever possible all while, simultaneously, directly impacting Tony Cingrani financially in the future.
It's the functional equivalent of sitting a dude down during the stretch run in September to avoid him hitting incentives for ABs or HRs in his contract. That wouldn't fly (in the clubhouse or in the stands), this shouldn't either.
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No, that is not the case. First of all, you can't send a guy down for 2 days. 10 days is the minimum. The only reason a guy can be brought up before that is for an injury replacement. Second, those 18 days are gone. If you call up a guy before those 20 days are up, it's just like he was on the 25 man the whole time. He would have to go down for 20 consecutive days. That is what it means by "period" or "periods."
If an assignment lasts less than 20 days, none of that time is counted.
I personally think holding a spot on the roster for a guy but letting him sit in the minors is worse. In this case, Cingrani was called up as an injury replacement. It is completely understandable that he would be sent down when Cueto gets healthy. It is also completely understandable to want to give Leake more than 6 or so starts. This circumstance is way more understandable than the ones where a guy is pretty much penciled into the starting lineup or rotation, but is sent down to the minors in order to wait for a certain timeframe to be up.
You also have to remember, Cingrani is not mowing down the 27 Yankees here. He has faced the 22nd, 27th, and 30th ranked offenses for runs. That 22nd ranked team is also brutal vs. left handers (.616 OPS). I think people are getting a little bit ahead of themselves here. I should have elaborated some more. The service time issue is certainly a big plus, and a factor. Yet it's not the only reason. It's not like I am asking a regular starter to be sent down after he was named a regular part of the rotation coming out of Spring training. Ditching Leake after what, 6, maybe 7 starts would look pretty bad in the clubhouse too. Cingrani also has some things he needs to work on. I am not sold Cingrani is a new ace after 3 starts. Maybe I am wrong, but there is more than enough reasons to send him down that are completely reasonable. So while the service time thing is a plus, it's would not be the only thing the Reds could and would use as a reason. It would be way more understandable than all the other teams who are blatantly letting a guy sit in the minors.
Last edited by scott91575; 04-30-2013 at 02:00 PM.
Seems to me you can combine multiple option assignments, as long as they all take place in a single season.ML service time is not credited during any period or periods of optional assignment totaling 20 days or more during a single season
If the Reds send down Cingrani when they activate Cueto, then three days later place another pitcher on the DL, they can then call up Cingrani. That happens pretty often.
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Last edited by scott91575; 04-30-2013 at 02:40 PM.
man you guys are pessimistic these days. With a name like Cingrani, he's bound to be pope some day, probably even cure the common cold in the offseason.
Cingrani has already been dubbed CYAW, ROY, a mirror image of Cliff Lee and the next Cole Hamels.
This guy has some serious street cred going here.
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Leake's been demonstrably mediocre for over a year now. It's not like he hasn't been given an ample opportunity to prove his worth, and it's likely he'd remain on the team in the bullpen anyway. Players lose their gigs to younger, more talented players all the time -- it's the way of things in professional sports and it rarely fractures the locker room if the kid is lighting it up while the vet isn't.
But that's really neither here nor there -- my only point is that it'd be a bush-league move on the part of the franchise to send down a guy who is mowing through the majors and helping the team win games right now just to keep his service time from causing financial problems in the future. Nothing more.
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