Had to figure something was going to happen to the pen for tonight. Any comments about Lewis in last night’s post-game? One more blowup from Julio, and do we get some Bauer action?

Oh and it would be pretty darn cool if Mujica actually became useful at the big league level. This is really his first legitimate shot at sticking with the big club, rather than just being a stop-gap for a few days.

Bauer might get a chance at Julio’s spot before too long, huh?

Relievers come and relievers go. Even in an era of Facebook, iPhones, Twitter, etc. it’s hard to keep track.

I will say that I’m excited about Mujica, and even moreso over Elarton. I’ve estimated for a long time that he can be effective in the pen. We could have used a long man last night.

Julio treads the thinnest ice. I expected him to be gone today.

Maybe they want to work with Lewis on mechanics to get his velocity back up. Keeping Julio up is a mystery to me, though he has had flashes of effectiveness until his last few outings. And, yes, Elarton would have been a great option to have for long relief last night.

Boy this team is really starting to baffle me. Lewis pitched good yesterday, and hasn’t had a horrible outing this year. Julio should have been cut completely following his meltdown yesterday.

Jensen seems to be taken this stoically. 5 minutes ago he changed his Facebook status to “Everything happens for a reason.”

I look forward to seeing some good numbers from him and then his status update obsessively so I can report back as to when he is coming back to the Bigs.

I’m glad “whoa nelly” has caught on.

Jorge Julio is one of the only relievers to top 90. I think that has a lot to do with the hope they are putting towards keeping him around.

I think they’re giving Elarton an audition. When Westbrook returns, someone will get dumped. It won’t be Laffey, since Carmona is hurt. So, either Mujica goes back to Buffalo, or they DFA Julio or Elarton. I suppose it’s possible they’ll simply send Mujica right back, but if Elarton pitches and pitches well, they may decide to ditch Julio. That may be the plan, actually. Assuming they’re being honest about wanting Lewis to work on his velocity, they needed to call someone up to replace him (i.e., they didn’t feel he should stay with the club for now). Mastny is the only other guy on the 40 man besides Miller and Sowers; they’ve seen him (and he apparently has some arm problems, although he’s been pitching). Miller and Sowers seem to be being prepared as starters, so keeping Julio may just be to keep a seat warm for Westbrook. Or, maybe they just closed their eyes when Julio was pitching lately.