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Because his upside is so much better? See Jake's performance this year for the cubs.

Yeah, his upside is higher, but with all the injuries and his age, he has almost no chance of ever reaching it and zero chance of sustaining it for any amount of time.

It would be like dumping your cute, nice, stable girlfriend to chase a better looking, crazy girl that shows just a little bit of interest in you. Not a good idea.

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Yeah, his upside is higher, but with all the injuries and his age, he has almost no chance of ever reaching it and zero chance of sustaining it for any amount of time.

It would be like dumping your cute, nice, stable girlfriend to chase a better looking, crazy girl that shows just a little bit of interest in you. Not a good idea.

Yet in my youth under the sway of hormones that seemed completely logical......

Fortunately most of us learn with age or after giving up half of everything lol :)

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Why are people concerned? There's no way he is claimed. Another example of posters overrating our own players.

Saying there is no way he gets claimed is a bit extreme.

If your the Cubs, Astros, Rays or a number of other teams going nowhere, why not take a shot on a guy who has show when healthy he can get on base and has some pop.

Very little money involved, nothing but upside. If it does not work out release him.

How many guys like this did we bring in when we truly sucked....nothing to lose if your season is already shot.

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Or another poster believing he knows what's gonna happen.

I'm going to guess that he's not claimed, between the injury history and perceived inability to play the field. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was.

Good teams aren't going to be able to give him a roster spot, and most of the bad teams have young guys they want to look at. It'd have to be an older, underachieving team like Boston, although they even seem unlikely because Ortiz is so entrenched at DH.

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I'm going to guess that he's not claimed, between the injury history and perceived inability to play the field. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if he was.

I do not think its a certainty but I would not be shocked.

Just like I would not be shocked if someone picked up Justin Maxwell who was DFA'd

I know that if you DFA Lough or Young you may as well pack them first.

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Because his upside is so much better? See Jake's performance this year for the cubs.

You're not talking about a young guy that needs a shot and an epiphany. You're talking about a guy that's older than Markakis who couldn't stay healthy when he was still a young guy.

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Because his upside is so much better? See Jake's performance this year for the cubs.

Pete Stanicek had Brady Anderson or Steve Finley upside, but he retired with a .626 OPS in 113 games.

What good is upside when you're almost 31 and you have fewer MLB PAs than Manny Machado?

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Pete Stanicek had Brady Anderson or Steve Finley upside, but he retired with a .626 OPS in 113 games.

What good is upside when you're almost 31 and you have fewer MLB PAs than Manny Machado?

Sometimes things click and guys that are 31 (and have less than 1,100 career PA) have career years that far surpass expectations.

See the guy we're trotting out there in LF every night now.

I agree you cannot make plans expecting that to happen though, because it often doesn't.

But I think most people would say going into the 2014 season that Reimold had more upside for the year than Steve Pearce.

If I was a GM and I had a need for offense help at OF/DH, I'd be foolish not to make a pass at Nolan.

But if I'm the O's and I am getting good production there and Reimold would be largely redundant (even best case scenario).....it makes sense that they DFA'd him.

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Sometimes things click and guys that are 31 (and have less than 1,100 career PA) have career years that far surpass expectations.

See the guy we're trotting out there in LF every night now.

I agree you cannot make plans expecting that to happen though, because it often doesn't.

But I think most people would say going into the 2014 season that Reimold had more upside for the year than Steve Pearce.

If I was a GM and I had a need for offense help at OF/DH, I'd be foolish not to make a pass at Nolan.

But if I'm the O's and I am getting good production there and Reimold would be largely redundant (even best case scenario).....it makes sense that they DFA'd him.

There are plenty of never were 31 years that you can dabble with that don't cost you half a million to try for a few weeks. Any team that would need Nolan right now wants something much better. And they will pay the money for it. In the AL there are only three teams within five games of the last wildcard slot.

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There are plenty of never were 31 years that you can dabble with that don't cost you half a million to try for a few weeks. Any team that would need Nolan right now wants something much better. And they will pay the money for it. In the AL there are only three teams within five games of the last wildcard slot.

We've been through this routine a bit before weams. I know you believe that Reimold's salary (~$500K for the remainder of the year) is too rich for most teams' tastes, but I respectfully and completely disagree. The difference between $500K and like 250K or whatever the pro-rated part of the major league minimum is.... is peanuts to many major league teams.

Are you saying you believe Reimold will pass through waivers unclaimed? I would be willing to bet that that does not happen.

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We've been through this routine a bit before weams. I know you believe that Reimold's salary (~$500K for the remainder of the year) is too rich for most teams' tastes, but I respectfully and completely disagree. The difference between $500K and like 250K or whatever the pro-rated part of the major league minimum is.... is peanuts to many major league teams.

Are you saying you believe Reimold will pass through waivers unclaimed? I would be willing to bet that that does not happen.

I've been hesitant to throw down a concrete prediction in this case, but I'd be very surprised if Reimold gets claimed.

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