Multiple moves. Armstrong, Waddell DFA

[sportsfan8703]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Huh?   You post this in a thread in which it is announced that we have DFA'd Armstrong????

That IS cutting bait.   We just cut bait with Armstrong and you are screaming that we aren't?

Step away from the ledge.

Step off your high horse, I thought only Waddell was DFA’d. 

[scOtt]

Not that it matters much but Armstrong can probably opt for free agency if he's not claimed, right?

[Tony-OH]

2 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Not that it matters much but Armstrong can probably opt for free agency if he's not claimed, right?

Yes, he can choose free agency if he's not claimed. Actually I think he can claim free agency IF he's claimed, like Steve Pearce did when the Blue Jays claimed him but he rejected the claim because he knew he was going to be back in Baltimore.

[wildcard]

Something strange about the Leyba acquisition.   It is his 4th option.  He was optioned in 2017, 2018, 2019 and now 2021.   Normally only get 3 options.   There is something going on there but I do not know what it is.

[bpilktree]

12 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Something strange about the Leyba acquisition.   It is his 4th option.  He was optioned in 2017, 2018, 2019 and now 2021.   Normally only get 3 options.   There is something going on there but I do not know what it is.

You can get 4th option with the 5 full years or if a player does not select free agency even on the 4th option.  I am guessing the second reason is this one based on him having 5 full years already.

[wildcard]

9 hours ago, bpilktree said:

You can get 4th option with the 5 full years or if a player does not select free agency even on the 4th option.  I am guessing the second reason is this one based on him having 5 full years already.

I am not sure what this means.   Do you have a link for that rule?

[Hazmat]

16 hours ago, eddie83 said:

 

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where he couldn’t remember the name of the girl he was dating, only that it sounded like a female body part.

[sportsfan8703]

He had a HR explosion in AAA. 23 HR in 120 games. Hope that just wasn’t the ballparks in the PCL. 
 

Why not?  Second and Third Base have been such a black hole this year that we’ve circled back to Stevie Wilkerson. SS will be one soon once Galvis is traded. 

[bpilktree]

12 hours ago, wildcard said:

I am not sure what this means.   Do you have a link for that rule?

https://baseballtransactionology.blogspot.com/2021/02/players-who-may-be-eligible-for-fourth.html

[bpilktree]

So it looks like he actually does fit in the 3 options before 5 full years rule.

[bpilktree]

Looking at it deeper 2013 and 2014 don not count as full years as they were short season leagues.  His first year counting towards the 5 full years rule was 2015.  That means the 5 year rule for him is 2015, 16, 17,18,19.  That means the 2019 option came before he had 5 full years  inn.  

[wildcard]

On 6/5/2021 at 5:59 PM, bpilktree said:

https://baseballtransactionology.blogspot.com/2021/02/players-who-may-be-eligible-for-fourth.html

Thanks for posting this.  I had never heard of this site before.