Blue Jays Designate Chris Colabello Off of the 25 Man

[Angrioter]

Nice

[BTS]

lol, rest in piss

[Jonn]

No they didn't.

[Angrioter]

Colabello reinstated after serving PED suspension

The Associated Press Jul 23, 2016 1:57 PM

TORONTO - Blue Jays first baseman Chris Colabello has been reinstated from the restricted list after serving an 80-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs.

 

Colabello was suspended April 22 after the commissioner's office said he tested positive for a drug that's sold under the name Turinabol. He lost $227,891 of his $521,126 major league salary while suspended.

 

Colabello was designated off the 25-man Toronto roster Saturday, but was kept on the 40-man roster. He's expected to be assigned to Triple-A Buffalo, where he has played the past five games, batting .158 with one homer and three RBIs.

 

He spent two seasons with the Minnesota before the Blue Jays claimed him on waivers in December 2014.

 

The 32-year-old Colabello spent eight seasons in the minor leagues, seven of them in independent baseball, before reaching the big leagues with the Twins in 2013.

[Jonn]

He got designated off the 25 man. He remains on the 40 and will be optioned to Triple-A.

[BTS]

f*** you ang

[Angrioter]

It's the same... He can't play in the playoffs

[Jonn]

It's the same... He can't play in the playoffs

 

No its not the same. If he was DFA'd he would be gone.

[Grant77]

Mods

[TheHurl]

Pat Tabler said the same thing...at least Ang has the Mexican excuse. I will fix the title.

[TheHurl]

It's the same... He can't play in the playoffs

 

he couldn't play in the playoffs anyway.

[KevinGregg]

The hell is designated off of the 25 man supposed to mean anyways? This makes it sound like he's dfa, He was optioned...

[Jonn]

The hell is designated off of the 25 man supposed to mean anyways? This makes it sound like he's dfa, He was optioned...

 

He was locked into the 25-man its service time thing. If teams could any injured players with options would be optioned than disabled to save service time. MLBPA would s*** a brick.

[Spanky99]

lol... Ang. *smh*

[John_Havok]

There's some tricky scenarios that can happen with the 25 man and 40 man rosters depending on playing time.

 

If he was designated for assignment(DFA) he would have been removed from both the 25 man and 40 man rosters. According to the blue Jays website, both Colabello and Dustin Antolin have been designated for assignment, and thus removed from both rosters, leaving the Jays with 1 open spot on the 40 man.... but the actual article says he is still on the 40 man roster, meaning it would be full.

 

 

 

TORONTO -- The Blue Jays announced on Sunday that they've reinstated Chris Colabello from the restricted list and removed him off the team's 25-man roster.

 

The move allows the Blue Jays to keep Colabello on the 40-man roster, and he is expected to remain with Triple-A Buffalo. Because of the suspension, Colabello is not eligible to be on the Blue Jays' postseason roster.

[Jimcanuck]

so basically Cola is now what he always was, AAAA guy

[G-Snarls]

so basically Cola is now what he always was, AAAA guy

 

Which is fine. As long as he has options he's useful 1B depth. Nothing more nothing less.

[AdamGreenwood]

Feel kind of bad for the guy. He seemed so sincere in not knowing where the steroids came from. Not sure if he's legit or just going all in.

Because at this point, if he admits it, plus the fact that he's been so terrible, it's probably the end of his career.

 

And you can kind of understand why he'd do it, when the juice makes the difference between getting paid $20,000 a year, staying in Motel-8's, and riding the bus, whereas with steroids, he get $500k per year, four star hotels, and charter planes.

[Jimcanuck]

Feel kind of bad for the guy. He seemed so sincere in not knowing where the steroids came from. Not sure if he's legit or just going all in.

Because at this point, if he admits it, plus the fact that he's been so terrible, it's probably the end of his career.

 

And you can kind of understand why he'd do it, when the juice makes the difference between getting paid $20,000 a year, staying in Motel-8's, and riding the bus, whereas with steroids, he get $500k per year, four star hotels, and charter planes.

 

four star hotels?