Wei-Yin Chen catches Hellenic Flu

[cannonball 1729]

Or at least that's why the Orioles are sending him down to single-A
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/wei-yin-chen-is-not-happy-about-his-demotion-and-he-may-have-a-point-005152575.html
 
 

 
By every measure, Baltimore Orioles starter Wei-Yin Chen has been one of the team's best pitchers this season. After tossing eight shutout innings against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, Chen lowered his ERA to a strong 2.89.
His reward: How about a demotion to High-A?
The Orioles sent Chen down to the minors Tuesday, citing "general soreness," according to Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun. Chen must remain in the minors for 10-days before he can be recalled back to the majors.

 

 
Chen disagrees:
 
 
 
https://twitter.com/WeiYinChen16/status/610944072883286016
 
"I am in excellent physical shape. I feel great and I am ready for my next start. I just pitched 8 innings of shutout baseball."
 
 
https://twitter.com/WeiYinChen16/status/610944106387345408
 
"I am disappointed my routine is being interrupted. I will continue to work hard and do my best to perform. Thank you for all the support!"

 

[glennhoffmania]

This is bullshit.  They provided a reasonable explanation.  He may not like it, and I don't blame him, but this sounds like more Boras crap.
 

 
Chen, who threw eight scoreless innings against the Philadelphia Phillies and has a 2.89 ERA in 13 starts, was a victim of circumstance. The club wanted to take a look at Parmelee, Chen has minor league options available and, since he hasn't pitched well against the lefty-bashing Toronto Blue Jays in his career, he'll have that start skipped and return June 26 against the Cleveland Indians.
 

 

"He understands completely," said Showalter, who pointed out that he's sent optionable starting pitchers to the minors on several occasions. "He understands, especially when we've done it with him once or twice and we've done it with Miguel [Gonzalez], we've done it with [Kevin] Gausman, we've done it with a number of guys. We've got a real good return from it. It's hard. Because he's pitching well and will again, but the whole idea is to have him pitch well again and again and again."
 
Showalter said the lefty complained of some general body fatigue following his June 10 start against the Boston Red Sox. In an effort to keep him healthy and rested, Showalter said the plan is to pitch him three to four innings Saturday for Frederick to keep him fresh.
 

 
Once demoted, Chen will have to stay in the minors for at least 10 days. Since he won't be there for 20 or more days, the decision does not affect his service time or salary.
 

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Some also saying that they did it to call up Chris Parmalee, who had an opt out if he was not called up by June 15 that he could have used.

 

[glennhoffmania]

That's exactly why they did it, as discussed in the article I linked. 

 

[DJnVa]

Well, the first link said "general soreness", which the player is disputing. The could have just said the reasons you pointed out.

 

[Bigpupp]

Yeah I don't know of why they said there was general soreness. They are free to option him for whatever reason they want, but saying that, just to have him fire back, makes them look a little bad.

 

[canderson]

Didn't they do this last season with a few different pitchers?