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[tzill]

I didn’t mean to say it does. What I was trying to convey is that two 40 man roster spots need to be made open for Ray and Warren. Knowing FZ’s penchant, it could well be the new guy who gets dfa’d

Or they trade Jax for a sack of balls.

 

[calsnowskier]

I didn’t mean to say it does. What I was trying to convey is that two 40 man roster spots need to be made open for Ray and Warren. Knowing FZ’s penchant, it could well be the new guy who gets dfa’d

I expect Jax and Ingram.

 

[calsnowskier]

Or they trade Jax for a sack of balls.

I can’t imagine any team would want Jax. He has been worse than awful.

 

[tzill]

I can’t imagine any team would want Jax. He has been worse than awful.

As a flier? I could see it. He has been effective, just not this year.

 

[calsnowskier]

As a flier? I could see it. He has been effective, just not this year.

We may get some team who will take him as nothing more than salary relief. But we won’t get anything in return. He is absolutely DFA-able.

 

[LHG]

As a flier? I could see it. He has been effective, just not this year.

The Giants did take a flier on him after the Braves let him go. I believe that was a contender situation though so the Giants may just have to let him walk

 

[tzill]

Re: Alex Young

The lefty performed quite well during his first stint with the Giants and posted a 2.39 ERA and 2.96 FIP across 26 1/3 innings of work before being non-tendered by San Francisco the following November.

In 23 appearances with the club’s affiliate in Louisville this year, Young has posted a sparkling 1.19 ERA while striking out a solid 25.3% of batters faced. Unfortunately, the lefty hasn’t been able to get much playing time in the majors with the Reds this year thanks to the club’s deep bullpen.

The question is: why was he non tendered? Would he have been too expensive to keep? Seems like good production when here. In Cincy, he's only thrown 2 innings this year. Is their bully THAT good?

 

[tzill]

We may get some team who will take him as nothing more than salary relief. But we won’t get anything in return. He is absolutely DFA-able.

Oh, for sure. We won't get anything back and we may even need to send some cash out with him.

 

[LHG]

Re: Alex Young

The lefty performed quite well during his first stint with the Giants and posted a 2.39 ERA and 2.96 FIP across 26 1/3 innings of work before being non-tendered by San Francisco the following November.

In 23 appearances with the club’s affiliate in Louisville this year, Young has posted a sparkling 1.19 ERA while striking out a solid 25.3% of batters faced. Unfortunately, the lefty hasn’t been able to get much playing time in the majors with the Reds this year thanks to the club’s deep bullpen.

The question is: why was he non tendered? Would he have been too expensive to keep? Seems like good production when here. In Cincy, he's only thrown 2 innings this year. Is their bully THAT good?

I didn’t understand the move then. He was a churn acquisition that turned out well and would have been cheap, so it was confusing why he was being let go. So why reaquire him if good results resulted in kicking him to the curb? I would guess it was more about clearing space in the outfield and Slater was the one they wanted gone and this was as good an offer they got on his worst year in the bigs.

 

[calsnowskier]

Oh, for sure. We won't get anything back and we may even need to send some cash out with him.

We would absolutely have to send cash. I am too lazy to look up his salary this year, but let’s just for argument sake say he makes 3M for the remainder of his contract. The Giants would likely need to send 2M with him with nothing in return for the other team to take on the contract.

 

[tzill]

We would absolutely have to send cash. I am too lazy to look up his salary this year, but let’s just for argument sake say he makes 3M for the remainder of his contract. The Giants would likely need to send 2M with him with nothing in return for the other team to take on the contract.

$6.5M this year, $2M next year if not kept. So call it roughly $5M. If we could get rid of the contract for $2M that gives us a little more wiggle room below the second tax.

 

[tzill]

Nightengale reporting that Slater was put on waivers this week before the trade. I missed that.

 

[calsnowskier]

Nightengale reporting that Slater was put on waivers this week before the trade. I missed that.

It wasn’t reported anywhere that I am aware of. But he played in yesterday’s game, so that can’t be accurate (as far as I know)

 

[tzill]

It wasn’t reported anywhere that I am aware of. But he played in yesterday’s game, so that can’t be accurate (as far as I know)

good point.

 

[maxrandomness]

wonder why the Reds want him?
do they have even more outfield injuries.?

 

[tzill]

So today being Snellzilla Tuesday, who gets sent out?

I have the roster at 12 pitchers

Bird, Doval, Harry, Hicks, Hjelle, Jax, Miller, RanRod, Taylor, Tyler, Walker, Webb.

Snell becomes the 13th pitcher, do they not need to send anyone down?

IL: Beck, Cobb, Ray, Small, Winn
AAA: Bivens, Black, Ingram, McDonald, Roupp, Teng, Young

I must be missing something.

 

[calsnowskier]

So today being Snellzilla Tuesday, who gets sent out?

I have the roster at 12 pitchers

Bird, Doval, Harry, Hicks, Hjelle, Jax, Miller, RanRod, Taylor, Tyler, Walker, Webb.

Snell becomes the 13th pitcher, do they not need to send anyone down?

IL: Beck, Cobb, Ray, Small, Winn
AAA: Bivens, Black, Ingram, McDonald, Roupp, Teng, Young

I must be missing something.

I think Slater will be sent packing to make room for Snell.

 

[calsnowskier]

WOW

 

[calsnowskier]

Ahmed DFA’d.

Snell activated. Not sure why they needed to clear a spot for Snell, though. Was someone else called up when Slater was traded?

 

[calsnowskier]

Estrada activated
Flores activated
Ingram optioned

OK. Now it makes sense.