Any Updated News on Wellemeyer and why he was Pulled Early?

[craig]

Any Updated News on Wellemeyer and why he was Pulled Early after only two innings on Sunday?

 

At the time, one theory was that perhaps he'd been traded. That's not happened. (And if anything, if he was in the middle of serious trade discussion, I'd think letting another team's scouts see him on a scheduled day for 6-7 innings would be a nice way to showcase him...).

 

A second was that he was getting called up to Cubs or something, for some reason. That hasn't happened either.

 

A third, of course, was the dreaded one: injury.

 

A fourth, perhaps the only remaining optimistic one, was that after a couple of good starts, they figured he's worked out his rhythm, and is being returned to relief cycle so that he's available to come back to Chicago and help the Cubs. If that's the reason, I'd guess he ought to pitcher either today or tomorrow. If he goes four days without pitching at all, it would seem pretty unlikely that he's a healthy reliever.

 

Man, I hope he pitches tonight!

[biittner77]

I was hoping that this was a precautionary move in case they needed to call him up if the BP was overtaxed and they needed a fresh arm.

 

Maybe no news is good news. If he was hurt and they knew what it was they'd have said something by now.