Saturday, August 23, 2008

Blue Jays really sending Marcum to AAA?


Shawn Marcum meet the cliff.

According to your bosses, you just fell off.

Before the All-Star break, Marcum was cruising. A 2.65 ERA. A 1.00 WHIP. Almost a K an inning.

Then, the arm injury.

And after a month off, Marcum came back as a shell of his former self. ERA was up to 3.57 in just three starts.

But then, Marcum settled down. Into a groove. Three strong starts and three wins.

But one bad start Friday night (5 ER, 3 2/3) and poof! -- the Blue Jays ship Marcum off to AAA.

Please. Doesn't the Jays brass know anything about folks steeped in a fantasy title hunt.

Of course, they don't care.

But they say Marcum needs to work on his control. Uh, just two walks on Friday. Sure four walks the outing before, but just four walks in the three outings combined....where's the big control issues?

Just another tale in a long line of them north of the border.

Marcum owners might wanna suck it up. Sounds like he should be back with Toronto in two weeks.

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