Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
I do too. He was a good prospect at one time.
Good luck, kid.
I do too. He was a good prospect at one time.
Good luck, kid.
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. The pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you're stupid.
He was/is/ and a;lways will be DROSS
Except that his one good season trumps anything Milton's done since he's been here.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
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..
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.Either Claussen's arm has turned to peanut butter or Wayne Krvisky is stoned again.
. . . 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.I'm glad we were able to hang onto Chad Moeller.
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.
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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???
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
Is it at all possible that he will be given a minor league assignment?
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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.
Hey Marty, This is Adam from Milwaukee...
All the best to him. I was pulling for him to recover. Hope he makes it back to the bigs someday...
Here's to another record-breaking season from Adam Dunn...another 40 homeruns (all coming with nothing on the line) and 200 Ks! We Want King Jay!!
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