Maybe they thought he was Willie Mays' brother.
Maybe they thought he was Willie Mays' brother.
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
Cincinnati, where even Royals rejects can still find work.Originally Posted by KronoRed
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
Rick Helling won 20 in 1998. Let's get him too.
I was shocked when I looked Helling up to find out he's still drawing a check.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
He had a bone spur removed from his elbow in 2002 causing him to miss several weeks. That is the only major surgery I see he has had.
He's in Louisville and he'll help the Bats to a last place finish -- save the confused and slightly angry stares until he gets called up to replace Dave Williams after another shelling.
Although, it does bring up the point that the team is just wasting money by fielding a AAA squad this year. It's a team full of guys with 0 value over replacement benchwarmers and virtually no projectable talent anywhere. The Reds would've been better off just promoing the entire Chattanooga squad to AAA , the entire Sarasota squad to AA, etc. and not fielding a GCL team.
Cincinnati Reds: Farm System Champions 2022
tHAT"S a Grate idear. We needs more guys that know whats to do on that mound.
There's not really anything to lose here. We stick him down at Louisville, give him a few starts and see what happens. If he gets shelled we cut ties and let him fade into retirement. If he does well then maybe after a month or so we could give him a look in Cincinnati. Krivsky obviously knows him from the Twins days, maybe he's seen a flaw or something he's changed since he was successful in 2001. He won 17 major league games in one season, that's not a claim any Reds starting pitcher has been able to make for the past few years. He may be far removed from that success but giving him a look in Triple A sure won't hurt anything happening in Cincinnati.
Here's an apt line for some of the Reds pitchers. "He knew how to pitch."
Willie Mays Aikens is next.
"I can make all the stadiums rock."
-Air Supply
If Bud Black is included in the deal, with Buddy Biancalana as a throw in, they better jump on it.
Didn't he have Tommy John as well?
Wonder if Paul Splittorff, Jim Rooker or Tom Burgmeir are available?
Yes you are right. They didn't have it listed where I was checking before but I now see he also had Tommy John surgery in 2004. He missed the entire 2004 season with that surgery. So he has had 2 major surgeries.
This has been my position all along. Krivskey knows him from his days with the Twins. He's down at the minors, not taking up a roster spot on the 40 man and see if he can straighten himself out. Wayne has shown he's not afraid to pick up discards on minor league deals and he's also shown that they're not wedded to them (e.g. Terrance Long). I think we've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. Will we? It's doubtful, but it adds something to the old toolbelt.
This isn't a huge event, IMO. I think there will be other moves within the week, besides the movements caused by folks coming off the DL.
In a case of irony Doc, Buchanan was released after Ray Ray was sent back according to Marc's blog.
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