Brett Cecil is up

by bunner on May 1, 2009 1:12 PM EDT

The Jays have sent David Purcey to AAA (along with Brian Burres and Bryan Bullington) and recalled Brett Cecil, Robert Ray and Brian Wolfe.

That sure is a lot of Brians (or Bryans) on the move!

Cecil had a wonderful spring and almost made the team, then struggled with an 0-3, 8.31 ERA in 4 starts at AAA Las Vegas. He still has a ton of potential though.

I guess JP thinks he struggled because his ego was hurt not making the team rather then struggled because his stuff was bad.

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I like him...

But I’m not sure about how he’s going to do in the majors. He’s pitching in AL East, so should it be expected that he gets roughed up a bit, or is he going to be an immediate impact starter?

by fuzzy14eva on May 1, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions

Cecil's AAA stats

are very misleading.
Last year, he ended his season with the Jays’ then AAA affiliate of Syracuse.

6 starts, 30.2 IP. 2-3, 4.11 ERA 31/16 K/BB

Now the Jays have moved their AAA affiliate to Las Vegas of the PCL. A hitters’ park in a hitters’ league.

In 2 starts in Vegas, Cecil has pitched 7.1 innings. 3/5 K/BB. 0-2, 13.50 ERA.

On the road, in 2 starts, Cecil has pitched 10 innings. 6/3 K/BB. 0-1, 2.70 ERA.

Take away those two disaster starts in Vegas (an environment he will not be facing with the Jays) and he has been solid in AAA. He won’t go more than 5 IP per start at this point, but Burres has been a disaster and Purcey has not been able to find the strike zone with any consistency.

I’m a little more nervous about Robert Ray, but I have the feeling that after Saturday’s start against the Orioles, he will be sent back down to make way for the return of one of Litsch, Romero or Janssen.

by ofsticksandbats on May 1, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions