For all of us who had guessed Nieve in the "who will be sent down to Round Rock when Wandy gets activated from the DL" pool, guess again. Nieve was sent back down to Round Rock today, and Cassel was called up to take his place in the bullpen.
LINK (McTaggart).
"We think at some point in time Fernando will be capable of coming up here and being effective for long periods of time, but he needs to continue work on his slider and tighten it up to be effective at this level," general manager Ed Wade said. "He has to be able to command the slider and be more than a one-pitch pitcher.
So, does that leave Cassel as the prohibitive favorite to go back to Round Rock now, or did Borks outing today
earn him a ticket to AAA?