Jimmy Rollins on DL, Who Goes Up?

If Phillies Shortstop Jimmy Rollins does indeed go on the Disabled list, there is a lot of talk that Lehigh Valley Ironpig Wilson Valdez will be called up. Valdez has been on fire with the bat and solid defensively and this would make sense to fill a hole in the Phillies roster if needed.

Frequent Reader “Decal” pointed out a couple days ago that while Valdez is the obvious choice, he is unlikely the chosen one. With Valdez out of options, once Rollins came back to the lineup, Valdez would need to clear waivers before a reassignment to the minor leagues. With his play of late the Phillies organization stands a good chance of losing Valdez on waivers after his assignment to the Big team was up.

Decal’s thoughts:
“If Rollins goes on the DL I seriously doubt Wilson Valdez would get called up to take his place. Valdez is out of options and would have to clear waivers in order to be sent back down to AAA. Brian Bocock is the logical choice to be called up since he is already on the 40 man roster and has options remaining. A Jimmy Rollins rehab assignment at CCP would be nice but that also seems unlikely if J-Roll needs only the minimum amount of time on the DL. That 2 week stint would put the Ironpigs in the middle of a roadtrip.”

I agree that Bocock would be the call. Coming up from Reading to fill the spot would be Pinkney.

Speaking of Rehab appearances, I am curious if we might see Brad Lidge this year. Anyone else think we will see him in an Ironpig uniform this season?