Brewers Claim Matt Dominguez, Designate Wei-Chung Wang

[Gallen5862]

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Brewers Claim Matt Dominguez, Designate Wei-Chung Wang

The 23-year-old Wang was a Rule 5 pick by the Brewers in 2013, and the team carried him on the roster through the entire 2014 season to avoid losing him, so the decision to designate him and again risk losing him was likely a tough pill to swallow. The Taiwanese southpaw pitched just 17 1/3 innings last year and yielded 21 runs, but given the fact that he was selected from the Pirates’ Rookie-level affiliate, those struggles shouldn’t be a stunning outcome. This season at Class-A Advanced, Wang has posted a 5.93 ERA with 6.7 K/9 against 3.4 BB/9 in 60 2/3 innings.

[Gallen5862]

Would Wei-Chung Wang be a good pickup off waivers? It seems like the Brewers don't want to lose him.

[klw]

If nothing else we could recycle all the jokes from when Chien Mien Wang was here. We may need some levity come August.

[Edskin]

Well if we claimed Chung Wang at least everyone would have fun tonight.

[Gallen5862]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Of course, adding Dominguez meant that the Brewers had to expose lefty Wei-Chung Wang to waivers, which Haudricourt explains was a tough move to make. Milwaukee carried Wang on the active roster for all of 2014 just to take a shot on his future, but he was struggling badly this year at the Class A level. As Haudricourt explains, Wang is earning a relatively robust $300K salary (a larger salary cut from his 2014 MLB earnings was not permissible), which may be a deterrent — as is the fact that a claiming team would need to dedicate a 40-man spot (though Wang does have options).

[Chuckie]

Hmm, he's bad and overpriced? No thanks.

[villain612]

I might support it just so we could have a Hand and a Wang in the same bullpen.

I could always use more game thread material.

[KronoRed]

I might support it just so we could have a Hand and a Wang in the same bullpen.

I could always use more game thread material.

Bring back Bong?