Tanner McDougal

They went full bullpen game And Oscar Brazaban pitched in that game, and he actually was all right.

Tanner McDougal pitched in that game, and he was bad.

And I got to say, like, I don't know what you do with Tanner McDougal at this point.

because they called him and Hagan Smith up together with the theory that they were going to be the two young studs, and McDougal didn't get a chance to pitch, and then since he's gone back down to the minors, he's not been good at all.

He pitched that one third of an inning, issued three walks against the Reds, and then since he's gone back down, he's allowed earned runs in four of his last seven appearances out of the bullpen.

They don't want to get him off that every five, every six-day schedule doing.

I mean, look at what's happened to poor Tanner McDougal since – They've been jerking him around since the beginning of August nonstop pretty much.

I can imagine them not wanting to do that with an immediate post-TJ case like Thorpe.

There's also the fact that Thorpe is, because of everything you just described, he's not really a candidate to move to the bullpen.

I'm not sure that happens, but I do think that, like, you start to make the list of names, and Grant Taylor's a whole different conversation, and we're not going to do that today, but we can do it another day.

And, like, Noah Schultz, Tanner McDougal, Grant Taylor, Hagan Smith, like, Shane Smith, right? Like, there's...

All of these guys in this organization right now, and an organization that needs to figure out what the back, you know, two, three, three fifths of the, I mean, frankly, you know, maybe even four fifths of the rotation looks like, right? Like, I don't know.

Like, I don't know exactly what this rotation looks like.

You could be a 150-inning guy and be a great starter potentially.

That's where it gets interesting.

I think it's going to be very fascinating to watch all these young guys i think noah is very much still going to come into camp as a starter he hasn't even he's never moved to the pen so i still think he's very much a starter shane smith i think is shane smith grant taylor tanner mcdougall there's all guys that have thrown out of the pen now at this point some point this season based on injuries based on underperformance whatever like it's gonna be a super interesting situation to figure out what this rotation looks like who's gonna be really pushing for a starter spot who's gonna be a reliever i mean i i don't know again i i don't think I don't think you're going to 100% pencil anybody other than Sean Birkin in this rotation next year.

I really don't.

Jackson Kent, left-handed pitcher with Washington.

Tanner McDougal with the White Sox as well came up.

In the bullpen.

Yes, sorry, in the

He, though, was quickly demoted after starting this past Monday.

Tanner McDougal called back up by the White Sox.

He was demoted before making an appearance.

Ricky Tiedemann, Sean Keyes have both been called up by the Jays.

Hagan Smith is a real bullpen piece.

Tanner McDougal is not really being trusted to do much, and he's back in Charlotte after being up for like a day when the roster's expanded.

Will Venable said, Drew is a real option for us as we get through and there are needs.

He'll be considered.