Roch: Holliday, Mayo, Kjerstad, Stowers, Norby, and Al Suarez optioned

[foxfield]

2 hours ago, Bemorewins said:

I respect that we have different expectations.

I believed that the extreme tanking that we did was done in order to amass a trove of assets designed to make multiple WS runs similar to the Astros. (The place Elias/Sig came from.)

Maybe I was right? Maybe I was wrong? Time will tell.

I think you are right. I think most of us expect multiple runs at the WS. Time will tell if this stage is successful. 

[Just Regular]

More cuts.

 

[Warehouse]

4 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

More cuts.

 

So either Nevin or a waiver claim/trade.

[emmett16]

Looks like Nevin making the team.  Did not see that coming. Congrats to him for continuing to grind.  He had an impressive spring. 

[Frobby]

Interesting.  I thought McKenna had a good shot after the previous cuts.  But I’ve been wrong a lot this spring.  

It will be interesting to see if McKenna passes through waivers.   
 

[dtk9119]

I guess they think they will be able to slip McKenna thru waivers.

Just not a fan of some of these moves the last few days.

[dystopia]

1 minute ago, dtk9119 said:

I guess they think they will be able to slip McKenna thru waivers.

Just not a fan of some of these moves the last few days.

I'd be surprised if someone didn't claim him. He's  not that awful.

[Explosivo]

Nevin makes the most sense DH’ing against the Angels slew of left handers. He had great success against LHP in the spring. I’m more curious which relievers make it.

[emmett16]

12 minutes ago, dystopia said:

I'd be surprised if someone didn't claim him. He's  not that awful.

He’s pretty bad.  His defense has made His value very slightly above replacement level.  His bat is 26% worse than league average.  I’ll be surprised if he gets claimed.  

[yark14]

15 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

I guess they think they will be able to slip McKenna thru waivers.

Just not a fan of some of these moves the last few days.

Oakland will snatch him up.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, yark14 said:

Oakland will snatch him up.

Are you just saying that because you think Oakland is bad or do you think they have an actual need for a backup outfielder with issues with staying focused?

[Bahama O's Fan]

17 minutes ago, dystopia said:

I'd be surprised if someone didn't claim him. He's  not that awful.

That's what happens when you become a top team. People claim your cuts. We used to do it alot.

[Billy F-Face3]

9 minutes ago, Explosivo said:

Nevin makes the most sense DH’ing against the Angels slew of left handers. He had great success against LHP in the spring. I’m more curious which relievers make it.

Good point. I hadn't considered that. But we still don't know the full official 26 man roster yet. I thought with the other cuts/reassignments they might be keeping McKenna but they didn't. So we will see if Nevin is really on the final roster.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

That's what happens when you become a top team. People claim your cuts. We used to do it alot.

Folks claimed the O's cuts when they were losing 100 games.

Teams churn the waiver wire.

It isn't something that only happens to top teams.

[yark14]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Are you just saying that because you think Oakland is bad or do you think they have an actual need for a backup outfielder with issues with staying focused?

Both