Vernon Wells

billywaz · Post by **billywaz** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:34 am

Greg,

Has he OFFICIALLY been placed on the DL yet? I would like to switch him out today, but can't as of yet.

Thanks!

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:08 am

This from MLB.com last night..."Wells, who missed three weeks in June with a fractured left wrist, was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Thursday and he'll likely be sidelined until mid to late August."...Sounds like he's on the DL to me. I've only got internet access for about 2 more hours and then I'm out for the day. Hope this can get done.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:45 am

Originally posted by billywaz:

Greg,

Has he OFFICIALLY been placed on the DL yet? I would like to switch him out today, but can't as of yet.

Thanks! i believe he needs to be on the DL list at midnight last night. if he wasn't there this morning, then you'll have to wait till next week.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:46 am

sorry missed this earlier...i'm assuming by your post

"posted July 11, 2008 08:34 AM"

he wasn't on the DL.

billywaz · Post by **billywaz** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 2:57 am

That sucks!

Oh well. I'll tell you what, there are a whole lot of players going on the DL now.

Time for the strong to survive.

Thank goodness football season is right around the corner!

poopy tooth · Post by **poopy tooth** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:00 am

Actually, it was said last night that he was placed on the DL (Thursday), so it should have been ready by midnight.

Unless I'm missing something?

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:04 am

The atricle was on MLB.com last night. It's there for all to see. On the Jays page under team headlines. "07/10/2008 8:47 PM ET

Wells to DL with strained hamstring"..This rule always seems to find a way to bite me in the ass.

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:17 am

Right here on the stats site.....News Archive For Vernon Wells OF,UTL | Tor

Updated 7/10/2008 6:42 PM

News: Wells is expected to miss four to six weeks with a strained left hamstring after being placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:45 am

What I've seen a lot of the last few years... A player is "reported" to be on the DL, but they aren't OFFICIALLY added until the following day.

Team Herron · Post by **Team Herron** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:46 am

Wells went to the disabled list on thursday, why can we change him?

Team Herron · Post by **Team Herron** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:46 am

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball ... 9780_x.htm

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:25 pm

..Just another example of why this rule is total BS

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:07 pm

Just to beat a dead horse a little...On this very site..On the "official" disabled list it says 7/10-V. Wells. That was Thursday.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:37 am

Originally posted by Team Herron:

Wells went to the disabled list on thursday, why can we change him? He wasn't officially on the DL by our Thursday midnight deadline, according to MLB. STATS gets that directly from MLB and that's the criteria we use to put players on the DL for the weekend.

I think we've seen that guys who get hurt during a Wednesday night game don't get on the DL within 24 hours. It just doesn't happen that fast. And the fact that the Blue Jays put him on the DL on Friday and made it retroactive to Thursday doesn't help our cause at all.

Piggy · Post by **Piggy** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:47 am

July 13th...Blue Jays placed outfielder Vernon Wells on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 10, with a left hamstring strain...guess he was not on the DL after all...

GOD Loves You · Post by **GOD Loves You** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:51 am

According to mlb.com, he WAS placed on the DL Thursday the 10th.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/index.jsp

Greg, from my understanding, this transaction list is exact, if they make it retroactive to a certain date, they always list it....in this case, there isn't a retroactive date for Wells.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:56 am

Originally posted by GOD Loves You:

According to mlb.com, he WAS placed on the DL Thursday the 10th.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/index.jsp

Greg, from my understanding, this transaction list is exact, if they make it retroactive to a certain date, they always list it....in this case, there isn't a retroactive date for Wells. I'm just telling you what I know, that if he had been on the DL in time STATS would have added him. I'd love to have every injury added immediately to help everyone out on the weekend games, but injuries that happen on Wednesday night usually don't get officially on the MLB DL lists by Thursday at midnight. And we made this deadline so that folks would have a concrete time to check on the status of these players, rather than log on all day on Friday to find out.

Sorry. I wish we would have had him on there this week, but the rules didn't allow it.

[ July 13, 2008, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

viper · Post by **viper** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:35 am

I was up about 7am on Friday. I have Wells and wondered if he was noted as being on the DL list. After I saw that STATS didn't have him DLed yet, I checked the transaction wire on ESPN, CBS and MLB. None had him on the DL yet. The fact that the transaction was not on the MLB.COM site on Friday morning but shows up there as a Thursday transaction now makes me think that Toronto did it very late on Thursday and it wasn't reported that evening on the wires.

GOD Loves You · Post by **GOD Loves You** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:41 am

Let's just blame it on the Canadians and be happy.....

RichV · Post by **RichV** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:15 pm

Just another example of why this is a bad rule. Injuries are part of the game. We shouldn't be trying to attach rules to a part of our game that is basicly the luck of the draw any given week.