Ryan Freel DFAed

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I bet Bob was disappointed when he opened up a twitter feed and learned to tweet in anticipation of an eventful trade deadline… and this is the kind of “news” he gets to break!

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by SittinByTheFoulPole on Aug 5, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions

Olivo (RH), Pena (Better as a RHB, attempts to bat LH), Buck (RH), Butler (RH), Jacobs (LH), Callaspo (Switch hitter), Betancorpse (RH), Gordon (LH), DeJesus (LH), Sporkquist (RH), Gathwhite (LH), Maier (LH), Teahen (LH)

6 LH out of 13 offensive players. And we’re gonna DFA a RHB (Freel) to bring up a LHB when we could option a LHB (Maier) instead.

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by BHWick on Aug 5, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

Um, so what

70 or so % of all pitchers in the league are RH, so it makes sense to have more LH bats anyway. Not to mention that Maier is starting to show some progress @ the MLB level w/ the Bat, and Freel is 4 years removed from being worth bitching about..

Lets face it though, you would have complained about it no matter who was DFA’d…

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Aug 5, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Our only RH Outfielder is Willie Bloomquist, we're facing 6 LHP in the next 7 games

and Maier only showed progress (5 for 14 means something!!!!!!!) because he was facing RHP, not LHP.

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by BHWick on Aug 5, 2009 4:10 PM EDT reply actions

lol

Good points.

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by 306008 on Aug 5, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Again, who gives a shite

about the next 7 games? Are those 7 games going to cost us the division?

Chances that Maier turns into a productive 4th OF’er for KC in the future? – 25%
Chacnes that Ryan Freel turns into a productive 4th OF’er for KC in the future? -0%

You, for like the 20th time this season, are making a big deal about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

BOOM! ROASTED!

by GoBabies!! on Aug 5, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I think having Freel at zero percent for becoming a productive 4th outfielder is a little high

Desperately hoping for Desperate Measures

by averagegatsby on Aug 5, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

It just shows that we overlook somethings sometimes...

Just like LOOGY/ROOGY matchups…

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by 306008 on Aug 6, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh well

Will just make it hurt more when Dan Duffy is revealed as the PTBNL.

by kcbottom9th on Aug 5, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

is it possible for Freel to be the PTBNL in the Freel deal?

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by BHWick on Aug 5, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

It is actually

It has happened before – Harry Chiti comes to mind. I think Dicky Noles too. Rob Ducey as well.

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 5, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

no fucking way

seriously, how does that happen? that is hysterical if true.

Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Aug 5, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

http://www.slate.com/id/1005814/

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by benfunke on Aug 5, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions

In 1962, the New York Mets traded backup catcher Harry Chiti to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. Who was that player? Harry Chiti, traded for himself.

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by benfunke on Aug 5, 2009 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions

At least you know you're getting fair value.

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by RoyalsRetro on Aug 5, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I didn't not like Freel.

I didn’t think he was the save all, but he seemed to be a player that could make things happen at times.

We have worse on this team than him…

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by 306008 on Aug 5, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions

I hope he accepts an assignment!

That way when Teahan is out for the season with a back issue we can bring him back.

by kansasjhawk044 on Aug 5, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

I Will Always

Remember him climbing the RF wall like Jimmy Piersall going up the Fenway Park backstop as a HR landed 30 feet beyond the fence and his headlong dive for a ball that landed 6 feet away and rolled to the wall. Don’t worry about Frisbee; he’ll be OK. If he never sets foot on a baseball field again, he did this:

2001 Toronto Blue Jays $200,000
2004 Cincinnati Reds $320,000
2005 Cincinnati Reds $405,000
2006 Cincinnati Reds $1,300,000
2007 Cincinnati Reds $2,325,000
2008 Cincinnati Reds $3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete) $7,550,000

And that doesn’t include this year’s haul. He was born 3 days after my 21st birthday and he’s made far more than I will in my life. At least we didn’t give him much.

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Aug 5, 2009 4:46 PM EDT reply actions