Ian Snell demoted

After Neal Huntington took to the press this morning to say Snell wouldn't be demoted, Snell's been optioned to Triple-A Indy this afternoon and Virgil Vasquez has been called up to take his place in the rotation. My guess is that Snell's stuff is good enough to dominate AAA pitching even with his infuriating nibbling, so I don't know what good this is going to do for him. DK says details are to come and I'm interested to hear what Huntington has to say about this. I had the impression that his thinking lined up pretty well with this post of Charlie's from earlier today. Rocco DeMaro is saying that Snell is telling people he asked to be demoted, which might make some sense in context with Huntington's earlier remarks. Stay tuned.