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hmm

disappointing, but ultimately fine by me. let’s stick phillips in his spot in the AFL and see if he’s worth a spot on the 40 this winter.

What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.

by clark on Sep 4, 2009 1:38 PM CDT reply actions  

That's great

They’re so good at getting the most out of high level pitching prospects w/ a track record of injuries

by Sherman McCoy on Sep 4, 2009 2:10 PM CDT reply actions  

He'll probably win 15 games for them

This seems to be the trend once we deem pitchers unusable for us.

by De Peche Ranger on Sep 4, 2009 2:16 PM CDT via mobile reply actions  

And he never won 15

He won 13 last year and has followed that up with a strong six win season so far in 2009. He was good last year but this year he has been what we thought he was. A guy that gives up too many hits and has a horrible strikeout to walk ratio.

The Rangers have rolled up the welcome mat and bludgeoned the Angels with it. - Josh Lewin

by uthornfan on Sep 4, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

/And we let him off the hook !!

Hank is the elephant in the room. When will he disappear?

by inactive lsb user on Sep 6, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions  

DVD...

officially dead and gone.

by cmkelly29 on Sep 4, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions  

It's for the best

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Sep 4, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

I couldn't understand...

…why there seemed to be such a wide-spread sentiment Diamond would clear.

Particularly this time of year, teams can move guys to the 60 day d.l. and find a 40 man roster spot to use, and a team like the Cubs can claim him, hold him for a month or two, then run him through waivers later on and try to get him to clear and outright him.

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 4, 2009 2:25 PM CDT reply actions  

Right

I expected him to get traded for a D- level prospect. When they put him on waivers, he was gone.

by Darrell McKown on Sep 4, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hmmmm...

If the Cubs try to run Thomas Diamond through waivers at a later date, can’t Diamond refuse any assignment and elect free agency?

Frankie Francisco. C.J. Wilson. Neftali Feliz. Darren O'Day. Pedro Strop.
American League Teams simply know them as "The Basterds."

by YourNameHere on Sep 4, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

No, a player can elect FA if he

"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Sep 4, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oops - a player can elect FA if he has previously been outrighted

But Diamond hasn’t been outrighted yet. Outrighting would have come only if he cleared waivers.

"You dont know much do you, Big Steve?"
--Finnerty.Fan on Aug 13, 2009 5:13 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Sep 4, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought hed clear because of how bad hes been this year

He started off in AAA and was horrible and got DEMOTED to AA where he put up a BB/9 of almost 7.5 while giving up a hit an inning. His overall ERA isn’t bad but I imagine that is alot like Jason Jennings in that he allowed all the inherited runners to score when he was brought in the game.

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Sep 4, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Doh!

I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT

by Jayslick on Sep 4, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions  

I just pull the lever...I just pull the lever...

"Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, right, tells his wife, Silda, that you have to pay double for the kind of f*cking Neftali Feliz gave the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" --benmor78 caption on AP picture of Eliot Spitzer and wife at Yankees game.

by Pocket Ninja on Sep 4, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Too Bad

I don’t recall if scouts thought his ceiling was near Danks, but Tommy John surgery just sucks. Good luck to Thomas Dustin Diamond

by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Sep 4, 2009 3:14 PM CDT via mobile reply actions  

tell us how you really feel

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Sep 4, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Too bad

I was expecting him to break out this year, but it never happened. I gotta wonder if his season might’ve been different had he not scrapped that curveball everybody was raving about last year during the spring.

Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock

by LSJ on Sep 4, 2009 4:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Diamond looks to be a good example

of how pitchers don’t always come back strong from TJ surgery. Sucks to lose him, but its no big loss.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.

"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Sep 4, 2009 5:39 PM CDT reply actions  

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