There are prolly more things that are going to happenOriginally Posted by CTA513
There are prolly more things that are going to happenOriginally Posted by CTA513
Wow. That sucks. Why not at least shop him around? Well, maybe they did, it just seems like somebody smart out there would have taken him for a PTBNL.Originally Posted by NJReds
Another brain-toot by the front-office. Nothing knew.
I think the message to the team would have been more powerful had we gutted the whole front-office. Oh well.
Very good points. My problem is that this does not fix the problem. One word: Pitching. We need to DL some players like Wilson and bring up a pitching prospect or two if nothing else, for a fresh change in the rotation.Originally Posted by osuceltic
This move does absolutely nothing. Yes its complaining, but I think it is a valid complaint.
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Remember, this is the organization that will not allow ball boys to toss freshly hit foul balls to the little kids in the stands. I hadn't seen something like that since I played little league.
Of course, we only had three baseballs when I played little league, so the fans (i.e. mom and dad) couldn't keep a foul pop if they wanted to see the kiddies play!
This is not the move I was looking for, but this does no harm to the team, he is slow, so pinch running him was out of the question. Freel is much better than him, IMO. The problem is that Dlo was even payed 2 mil in the beginning, a Dlo type player is one that can be found on a lot of minor league clubs, a guy with limited power/range, with a decent average. It isn't like we just waived Kearns who has upside, Dlo is maxed out, we know what we lost. Also Dlo's contract might send a message to LaRue and others...because we didn't cut a cheap contract. I say good move and it's a start of the shakeup that needs to be done.
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He has been designated for assignment which means he would have to go through waivers unless we could trade him in the next 10 daysOriginally Posted by CTA513
terrible move, he is a fine bench player and a decent starter at second....he is way better than Aurillia!! horrible move
Do you guys think that the Reds front office is trying to send a message to all the other players on DJ's release.Could this be a way of telling the others that if you don't get your head out of your ass you will be sent packing.Or are they that dumb to just release a player without trying to trade for someone better.
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Originally Posted by penantboundreds
As long as it is indeed the start of something bigger. This move alone, does nothing.
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Designating Jimenez for assignment is a good move. His play has been supbar on offense, and he doesn't do us any favors defensively either. Plus, I'm sure there's probably other factors playing into it that we may not know about.
Now, who will be victim #2? We can only hope Rich Aurilia will be packing shortly.
And standing pat did what....?Originally Posted by CalSean
Maybe this is the spark needed to wake this team up and take them to the promised land of 70-92.
Go DanO! You wild man, you.
Originally Posted by BuckeyeRedleg
They aren't that smart! If they were, they would release Wilson or Milton. That's a message for you and not releasing a 2nd tier second baseman.Originally Posted by WVPacman
the message being sent is watch, we will keep releasing anyone halfway decent, until we have a roster that should be acheiving the current record, so guys like weber, aurillia, graves are definitely safe!
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