confirmsthat Snell has been demoted. I already made my opinion clear above, but if the Pirates are going to replace him with Vasquez I'd really like a list of specific ways that playing in AAA can make Snell better. I suppose Vasquez is a serviceable replacement pitcher, but he has almost no upside. I guess there's an argument to be made that Snell was actually worse than his 5.36 ERA suggested--he was probably lucky to have only seven of his many fly balls go over the fence, and he struck out only a few more than he walked. But, painful as it might have been, I might have liked to see him prove he actually was that bad before sending him down, because I wouldn't bet on Vasquez having an ERA better than 5.36.
UPDATE: The Post-Gazette reports that Snell says he asked to be sent down, which certainly is a new one.

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