Chuck James Optioned to Richmond

April 10, 2008 – 5:39 pm

Chuck James was optioned to AAA Richmond today, the day after giving up six runs in just three innings of work.  Reliever Jorge Campillo will be coming to the majors to take his place on the roster.

James has had issues with a partially torn rotator cuff and didn’t pitch until the last three weeks in spring training.  Then with his DL stint, the first real action he saw was last night.  He mentioned after the start that he needed to get more innings in somewhere in order to improve his control (kind of evident when you hit three batters and walk one in three innings).

One encouraging thing about James last night was that he struck out five.  Good to see that number, if we can just cut down on the hits and runs given up, he’ll be good.

At least we didn’t see Jo-Jo come back up in his place.  I think Jo-Jo needs more time before he’s majors-ready.


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2 Responses to “Chuck James Optioned to Richmond”

  1. By Jonathan on Apr 10, 2008 | Reply

    I think this is best for Chuck right now. He’s not in the position to be starting at the major league level right now as I think we saw last night. We can’t afford more nights like his slugging last night.

    I don’t know much about Campillo but something tells me his stint with us won’t be terribly long.

  2. By Josh on Apr 11, 2008 | Reply

    Please god lets have a good weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

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