Brandon Claussen DFA

[JaxRed]

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

At least 50/50. If he had been non-tendered, he'd be a FA and gone. Now we have 10 days to determine trade interest.

If there is none, they put him on waivers. If he clears, he goes to minors for Reds.

[gm]

Looks like BC won't be Josh Hamilton's roomie

[TOBTTReds]

His 2001 season in AA really put him on the map as a legit prospect.

21 games, 131 ip, 101 h, 151 k, 55 bb, 2.13 ERA....If the Reds had someone like that, we'd be drooling over him and calling him a great prospect.

[WVRedsFan]

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.

In this market, I don't think he'll clear. Someone will take a chance on him as a cheap 3rd starter.

[WVRedsFan]

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

I keep thinking that we're missing the folks who said Paul Wilson would be pitching after the all star break (not you, some others).

Anyway, he may be toast, but someone will take a chance on him just like someone took a chance on Ryan Dempster.

[Jpup]

I'm glad I got to watch him pitch a great game, in person, last year against the Phillies. I guess the shots wore off. Good luck and I hope he makes his way back when he is healthy.

[Tom Servo]

Rotoworld is saying Claussen was non-tendered (along with Miguel Perez):

Reds non-tendered LHP Brandon Claussen.
All 28 non-tenders can now be found below. Obviously, the Reds' move to designate Claussen for assignment Tuesday was just a stall tactic. This is another loophole MLB should close one of these years. It's a silly rule that players like Claussen should have to go through waivers every other time of year, but not for one day in December. Maybe it makes sense for arbitration-eligible players, but those without the service time should be subject to the waiver wire just like they would be at any other time. The Reds now have a better chance of keeping Claussen than they would have otherwise. Still, someone should trump them with a guaranteed contract.

[TRF]

. . . 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.

oh please.

I guess that means he was stone sober when he acquired Joe Freaking Mays too.

[camisadelgolf]

I don't understand your point, and I'm not sure you understand mine. Anyway, I don't think the idea of signing Mays was a bad idea (a groundball pitcher coming to a new league for cheap)--it was just one of those things that didn't work out. All I'm trying to say is that Superdude's criticism was uncalled for, seeing as how Way-K went about the Claussen release in the smartest way possible, in my opinion.

[TRF]

Oh, i agree that DFA was the way to go over a non-tender.

But on no planet, in no universe was signing Joe Mays a good idea. not even in principle. Dude sucked in KC! A 10.27 ERA in six games started there. He was done in 2002. Yes, he was cheap. There was a reason for that. He was awful. Flat out awful. 7 games with the Reds was 7 too many, and 4 starts?

oy.

What I get tired of is reading about the three transactions Krivsky got right and anointing him a genius because of it. Especially getting Phillips. I read the same thing: "...29 other teams passed on him." So what? maybe those teams felt ok at 2B? The Reds certainly weren't. Not with Tony Womack running around with a wishbone C on his cap.

Ross was dumb luck, and Arroyo was a right fit with Boston who had no place for him in their rotation. At least at the time of the trade.

DFA'ing Claussen was the right move to remove him from the 40 man roster. However, it wasn't necessary, because signing Chad Moeller wasn't necessary.

[dsmith421]

Anyway, I don't think the idea of signing Mays was a bad idea (a groundball pitcher coming to a new league for cheap)--it was just one of those things that didn't work out.

I once made a pie, but instead of fruit or chocolate filling I filled it with dog crap. Surprisingly, it tasted awful. I guess that's just one of those things that didn't work out.

[camisadelgolf]

That analogy is very subtle, but I'm going to guess that the "dog crap" is AL All-Star starting pitcher, Joe Mays, who should not have been given a chance based on six starts (even though pretty much any pitcher ever has looked bad over a six-start period).

[Team Clark]

That analogy is very subtle, but I'm going to guess that the "dog crap" is AL All-Star starting pitcher, Joe Mays, who should not have been given a chance based on six starts (even though pretty much any pitcher ever has looked bad over a six-start period).

Remember Reuss in '87? I saw him in one of those starts. Whew... Pete was Hoppin' mad when he got to the mound to take the ball.

0-5 7GS 34.7IP 52H 30ER 12BB 10SO 7.79 ERA 1.846WHIP :thumbdown

Now THAT is BAD!!

He even rebounded the next season with the White Sox.

[BRM]

That analogy is very subtle, but I'm going to guess that the "dog crap" is AL All-Star starting pitcher, Joe Mays, who should not have been given a chance based on six starts (even though pretty much any pitcher ever has looked bad over a six-start period).

Joe Mays has looked bad over a four year period.

[camisadelgolf]

I know it's apples and oranges, but his ERA was floating around 3.00 in AAA. And it's not like they were looking for him to duplicate that at the ML level, but I'm guessing they were hoping for something in the 4.00-5.00 ERA range. Besides, at the time of the call-up, almost anyone would have been an improvement. And for a (very) short while, he was an improvement. Hindsight's 20/20--I'll just leave it at that.

And about the Reuss example, it had been a while since he had last had success before he made a comeback in '88, so thank you for bring that up, Team Clark.