Garko a Ranger

by jf55510 on Apr 1, 2010 1:34 PM CDT

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5047618

"Texas claimed infielder Ryan Garko off waivers from the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, completing the Rangers' 40-man roster.

The 29-year-old Garko, who will make $550,000, hit .268 with 13 homers and 51 RBIs last season. He would likely fill out the team's 25-man roster as a backup corner infielder Chris Daviis, a spot that Matt Brown and Max Ramirez had been competing for."

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Probably better than Brown or MaxRam.

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And I will watch him closely should Davis be sent down again for a keeper AL league.

I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010

by Aqua on Apr 1, 2010 1:35 PM CDT reply actions

Max optioned, too

by bhudson on Apr 1, 2010 1:36 PM CDT reply actions

FWIW on the "gentleman's agreement"

If the Rangers could claim Garko off revocable waivers, that means that Seattle was willing to just let him go, so it doesn’t exactly go against the agreement to not grab players off these waivers.

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 Apr 1, 2010 1:36 PM CDT reply actions

mebbe...

Possible they called Z and said, “are you really looking to flat get rid of him?” and he said “Yes”.

by bhudson on Apr 1, 2010 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I thought

… I read that he cleared revocable waivers, then the Mariners waived him (aka, they didn’t even want him on their minor league team). I assume they had to pay some portion of his salary, but as a non-roster deal it wasn’t like they’re stuck paying the entire contract.

by Oracle Galvez on Apr 1, 2010 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions

He wasn't on the revocable type of waivers.

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

by Dirk Diggler on Apr 1, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions

The question is did Garko have an option left.

The gentleman’s agreement was about not claiming someone on revocable waivers who was going through to use an option. I would think Garko should have used his last option last year.

What do voluntary mean?

The dude abides.....

by JKolar on Apr 1, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions