Just wondering how much money has been spent so far this season of DFAing guys. For the record, I'm thrilled we finally have a FO that is willing to cut guys who are underperforming instead of trotting them out every day and allowing them to underperform. I remember when it was a big deal that the Reds cut Jimmy Haynes or DeAngelo Jiminez. So far this season, we have:
Bubba Nelson (2/1/06 - bet you forgot about him )
Jason Standridge (3/21/06 - glad we got him back)
Matt Kata (4/7/06 - yeah, I like BP a lot better too. Is he still in Lousiville?)
Andy Abad (4/16/06 - ok, so he was cheap)
Tony Womack (4/24/06 - yay!)
Dave Williams (5/20/06 - another yay... but is he worse than Mays?)
Rick White (6/19/06 - thats the day Jason came back)
Chris Hammond (6/30/06 - no more infinity ERA)
Quinton McCracken (7/6/06 - I hated watching his batting box routine... I nicknamed him gumby)
Esteban Yan (7/14/06 - eh...)
Joe Mays???? (7/23/06)
Now granted, some of those guys are spring training guys, early season guys because of injury, etc... I just went down the list of transactions since January and wrote down all the DFAs. But really, we have Womack, Williams, White, Hammond, McC, and Yan. How much do you figgure that runs the Reds? Especially with Mays *hopefully* soon to join the list? Certianly more than Uncle Carl's operation would have spent.