Brandon Claussen DFA

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Originally Posted by Falls City Beer

No, I'm agreeing with Pedro. I really think he was a good prospect. I was goofing on the people saying he was crap to begin with.

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I do too. He was a good prospect at one time.

Good luck, kid.

He was/is/ and a;lways will be DROSS

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Originally Posted by redsupport

He was/is/ and a;lways will be DROSS

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Except that his one good season trumps anything Milton's done since he's been here.

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Originally Posted by Falls City Beer

Except that his one good season trumps anything Milton's done since he's been here.

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Not to mention the fact that. He's younger than Milton and bad mechinics that no one fixed (and proper mind set) lead to a downfall. Claussen wasn't my favorite Reds pitcher, but he wasn't my most hated. Infact, there were days I called for his head and days where I said "..Claussen should start before him..

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Originally Posted by RFS62

I do too. He was a good prospect at one time.

Good luck, kid.

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The word, prospect, is always iffy, good or not. With that said, "Good Luck, Brandon."

I think he will probably clear waivers and the Reds will assign him to AAA. If he had been tendered he would have gone to arbitration. This way the Reds can sign him to a minor league deal.

I'm glad we were able to hang onto Chad Moeller. :rolleyes: Either Claussen's arm has turned to peanut butter or Wayne Krvisky is stoned again.

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Originally Posted by Superdude

I'm glad we were able to hang onto Chad Moeller. :rolleyes: Either Claussen's arm has turned to peanut butter or Wayne Krvisky is stoned again.

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. . . or the Reds are trying to sign him to a minor league deal. Yeah, the guy who traded for Brandon Phillips and David Ross must be stoned. :help:

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Originally Posted by Willy

I don't think this is much of surprise, he will sign a minor league deal with the Reds as he works his way back from injury.

I hope we see him back in a Reds uniform stronger than ever.

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I'd take a hurt Claussen over a healthy Milton or healthy Lizard everyday.

Maybe I'm still drinkin the prospect hype kool aid, but I think Claussen could eventually be a #3 or #4 for the Reds.

I held out hope for a long time that his stuff would come back. I agree with some of you -- he really was a top prospect. Check out his pitching lines from the minors and the age at which he was putting them up... no fool's gold there.

It's possible that he tried to come back from the TJ too soon, I don't know. But it just points out that not everyone makes it all the way back soon, or at all.

Claussen is done. Maybe some day he will make it as a LH specialist but don't count on it.

So if we brought Boone back and signed him to a minimal contract wouldnt that kinda be like a do over???:rolleyes:

Is it at all possible that he will be given a minor league assignment?

Claussen had always shown a lot of promise in the Minors. I know when he first came over to the Reds he was a high strikeout pitcher. He seemed to be inconsistent. A typical game, he'd be on for 5 innings, but have 1 bad one. I was hoping that he'd continue to make strides in his development along side Harang...but he seemed to have a lot of set backs.

I sure hope he is able to recover and end up back with the club. Lance posted an article about Claussen from his hometown news paper about a month ago. It reflected the sentiments of many of the posters here about what a nice human being he is. Good luck Claussen.

All the best to him. I was pulling for him to recover. Hope he makes it back to the bigs someday...