G-Snarls

Me too. His Vegas numbers last year were good and he was decent during his short callup this year. But his Buffalo numbers are atrocious. We've all said we'd be happy if he could BA .250 and take some walks. But that seems much less plausible now. What a shame cause his speed and defense are just... Well you know. Like you say, it hurts to think about it. Only good news is that Rasmus seems to have at least become an above average CF. But I still wanted some Gose.

Stop counting up draft picks guys. It doesn't work like that any more: http://www.fangraphs.com/library/business/draft-pick-compensation/

That doesn't work any more The player has to play a full season with a club to qualify for draft pick compensation.

How many times has this board said "if only he could learn to hit..."

And the $$$

No. No one wants a guy with that track record of DL time. What a shame on that deal. I thought it was a grat pickup at the time too.

Hahahaha For the amusement of others the first title was (penile humour semi intended) "Wang granted release"

@ShiDavidi: Chien-Ming Wang cleared waivers and will be outrighted to triple-A Buffalo. #bluejays

Error on my part. Not released. I just caught the end of the news tidbit on radio. Still in the organization.

I heard the news wrong when I first posted. Thread title corrected. He cleared waivers and has been outrighted.

No takers on waivers I guess. No surprise.

Fine with AA acquiring players now that will help us in 2014/2015. If they are signed or come with extensions. No 2013 1/2 season rentals though. There is no point.

Gibby sez plans to start Redmond on Sunday "if he isn't needed before then" OK

Big story on ARod yesterday in USA Today, has been creating a lot of buzz: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2013/07/04/alex-rodriguez-comeback-hip-surgery-biogenesis/2489803/ "I know people think I'm nuts,'' he tells USA TODAY Sports, in his first extensive interview since last season. "I know most people wouldn't want the confrontation. Most people would say, 'Get me out of here. Trade me. Do anything.' "But I'm the (expletive) crazy man who goes, 'I want to compete. I want to stay in New York. I refuse to quit.'

Dirty move by Mets to avoid paying incentives or just the right time to dump him??? - Mets Designate Brandon Lyon For Assignment By Jeff Todd [July 4 at 6:43pm CST] The Mets have designated right-handed reliever Brandon Lyon for assignment, according to the team's official Twitter feed. New York will recall fellow righty Greg Burke to take Lyon's roster spot, the team further tweets. After a solid 2012 season in which he put up a 3.10 ERA, 9.3 K/9, and 3.0 BB/9 over 61 innings for the Astros and Blue Jays, Lyon signed on with the Mets for 2013. As ESPN's game log shows, Lyon had been reasonably productive for New York until he was bombed by the Nationals last Friday and Sunday. He is currently sporting a 4.91 ERA in 33 innings thrown, though he was sitting at 3.16 earned per nine before the Nats came into town. As ESPNNewYork.com's Adam Rubin notes on Twitter, Lyon was one of only two free agents (the other being Shaun Marcum) to get a Major League deal from the Mets this past offseason. Rubin also tweets that Lyon was on the verge of triggering contract incentives. Sitting at 37 appearances, Lyon would have earned $100k for every five appearances beginning with his fortieth.

Fun while it lasted...

I'll take Lind today

I was about to blindly defend Lind by saying his K rates are probably down and his line drive rates are probably up compared to 2011/2012. Then I looked it up and found out that neither is true.

Bring on the Twins and Indians How many can they win here?!?!?!

Yeah I liked Alvarez a lot. But he would have been a reasonable give for what he got... If JJ was any good this year.

This is exactly what I'm advocating

They should have just quoted his RBI's compared to other American League catchers.

Typical AA: rather than pick up his 7.5M option, he'll buy him out for 2M, then re-sign him for 5.25M. Save a few pennies while 10's of millions are wasted elsewhere

LOL: "But add it all up and Arencibia is really good at hitting home runs – his 15 round-trippers leads all MLB catchers – and really good at talking, be it on radio, in person or via Twitter. But otherwise there is room for improvement."