Yet Another Win For Darwinism; Barney DFA'd
Survival of the fittest and all, and Darwin Barney has just been naturally selected off of the Cubs 40-man roster. So Emilio Bonificaio is activated and Barney gets DFA'd, with Alcantara and Bonifacio both in the starting lineup tonight. Barney will end his Cubs career with over 2000 PA's (holy shit..really?) and a place in the Hall of Cubs Punch Lines. I'm sure a stand-up guy and all and his glove work was spectacular, but he was the hitting equivalent of the sad trombone. But on this day, we celebrate his Cubs career, let's take a fond look back.
- Won the Gold Glove in 2012
- Was Not a Douchebag like Ryan Theriot
- Cost Less Than a Million Up Until This Year
Yeah, I got nothing else. $20 virtual dollars he ends up with the Giants or Cardinals.
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never fails to amuse at times like these
Wow. I read about ten of
No kidding!
Yikes
I agree with everything that
"I don't have 10-20 years. I
Fuck that.
Burn that candle, dude,
Wow. Shit just got real!
Why do you think I'm in so
not sure how accurate the WAR
not sure how accurate the WAR listing is on the BR draft page by year, but I got Barney as #3 (discounting Donaldson) of the Hendry era (since 2002).
Yeah, I never had a problem
Don't worry Boni will be next
Barney is actually a
Scrappy devalued.
Scrappy devalued.per Roto... Lone star state
"Rangers placed C Geovany
Thanks folks. I'll be here
With a team that can hit,
Need's pitchers who can hit
The Cubs can release, trade,
The Cubs have ten days to either release, trade, or outright Darwin Barney to the minors, but because he was not replaced on the 40-man roster by another player when he was Designated for Assignment, the Cubs could also choose to return Barney to the 40-man roster and option him to minors.
Because it has been more than three years since he made his debut on an MLB 25-man Active List, Optional Assignmemt Waivers would be required before Barney can be optioned to the minors, and it takes two days to get a player through waivers. So clubs will sometimes DFA a player when they need the player's slot on the 25-man roster, to give themselves time to secure Optional Assignment Waivers, and then once Optional Assignment Waivers have been secured, the player can be returned to the 40-man roster and get optioned to the minors. .
Barney has never been optioned to the minors, so he has all three minor league options left. Also, Barney cannot refuse an Optional Assignment until he has accrued five years of MLB Service Time, and he has accrued a few days less than four years of MLB Service Time to this point in time.
He can elect free-agency if he is outrighted to the minors (but not if he is optioned), but if he does get outrighted and then elects free-agency, he would forfeit what is left of his 2014 salary (but only if his contract is not guaranteed).
"Honey, Iowa is beautiful
Paternity leave gone wild.
Tony Four Sacks
2 HR night? 2 HR night.
alca killed a fastball down
Kinda enjoying this Alcantara
where will they hit when Baez
Rizzo's HR production is
Forgot Russell ~faints~
One of my favorite posts ever
Shapes of things to coke
Just announced on WGN Radio
almora to TN seems a bit
Soler has been playing like a
Over is last 30 games (108
It will be interesting to see
AA is home to a lot of 23-25
According to Baseball
The Iowa OF has been Szczur (
Olt headed to Iowa too. End
took long enough to get olt
good bye Oltimate warrior
We hardly knew ye.
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So what are the dominoes here
The I-Cubs had 14 pitchers
The I-Cubs had 14 pitchers active (including Kyuji Fujikawa) prior to Wada getting called-up, so Olt would replace Wada on the Iowa Cubs Active List, and I would think Manny Ramirez will probably be placed on the 7-day DL with some kind of vague "soft tissue" injury to make room for Soler.
And then Szczur and Jackson will probably share CF, and Vitters and Kalish will probably share LF duties.
At Tennessee, Almora plays CF (obviously), so Jae-Hoon Ha would move to RF.
Billy McKinney can play CF (his natural position) at Daytona, with Schwarber in LF (when he isn't catching) and Bijan Rademacher in RF, although the Cubs could move Pin-Chieh Chen back down to Daytona from Tennessee to play CF for the D-Cubs (both John Andreoli and Rubi Silva are on the Tennessee 7-day DL and one or both could be reinstated at any time), or they might move Hannemann, Martin, or Dunston up to Daytona from Kane County to play CF.
Hannemann promoted to Daytona
Ramirez indeed on the DL, but
And.....when is Lake going to
Lake only has one option
I did the interview for this
Q-MAN: That makes a lot of
Q-MAN: That makes a lot of sense. Why waste Lake's last minor league option with only six weks left in the minor league season?
Olt has two options left, so he'll still have one left next season even after using up one this season. But I still don't understand why he wasn't sent down earlier.
The Eloy Jimenez moonshot HR
The Eloy Jimenez moonshot HR last night for AZL Cubs at Cubs Park (Riverview Park) went over the LF berm and his walk-off RBI double hit off the right-centerfield wall.
2014 13th round draft pick Kevonte Mitchell (now playing CF) continues to impress... 6'4 "long-strider" with above-average speed, good baserunner, enough range to play CF, and a line-drive stroke with plus bat speed...
And AA RHP Ivan Pineyro (forearm strain) was throwing strikes with a 91-92 MPH fastball and an occasional change-up in his return to action (two innings). He looked very good for not having pitched in a game in more than two months.
Cubs top pitching prospect RHP C. J. Edwards (shoulder) is scheduled to get the start tonight for the AZL Cubs versus AZL Rangers at Surprise, so it looks like both Pineyro and Edwards are working their way back to Tennessee.
Barney-Last of the Jimtown
it only took 1360 PA over 2.5
Someone had to play second
Chris Coghlan last 30 days
Chris Coghlan last 30 days
329/402/553
And Ruggiano is 354/381/519
heh, it's like an All-star
heh, it's like an All-star outfield until Sureouts and Lake show up
Lake: 089/109/133
Sureouts: 193/190/316
Ricky should suck on his
best resolution for the
best resolution for the "competitive" lottery draft I've read
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/7/23/5930899...
nice call by AZ Phil, Manny
nice call by AZ Phil, Manny to DL...Lars Anderson optioned to AA as well.
some rumors on what Rays are
some rumors on what Rays are looking for to move Price or Zobrist
http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/giants-have-i...
steep, but if you're the Giants might be worth a shot, none of their top prospects are considered world beaters. Supposedly a rumor they turned down Addison Russell for Price, but no idea what other players were involved.
So I assume Olt will get most
I'd be tempted to have him do
Apparently Olt had to tell
I have some doubts about this
The Great Kazoo pitching for
This is from a Keith Law chat
http://www.thecubreporter.com
http://www.thecubreporter.com/2012/04/13/baez...
the dude is full of himself and thinks he belongs in the majors yesterday...
I was more concerned about
Not to rain on Law's
It kind of doesn't matter
Only two 3b with two 80+ XBH
Is this a trivia question?
Santo's best was 76 in 1964.
Wisc- correct
Finally - Baez, Bryant, Soler
Finally - Baez, Bryant, Soler hitting 3,4,5 tonight @ Principal Park!
Not often I find myself
*ponders MiLB.tv subscription
Try tunein radio if you want
ejax continues to shit
It's hard to be that
Maybe they signed him to tank
Best response ever.
this is getting embarrassing.
We Schlitt the bed tonight.
you're wright about that.
Baez 3 run HR, Olt 3 run
Clearly I'm at the wrong game
WHY WOULD YOU EVER GET
Cub fans should seriously
good news, only 2 more years
Two, that will depend on what
They were free.
BOYCOTT! BOYCOTT! BOYCOTT!
Well, seeing how this awesome
You mean the same San Diego
Junior Lake....who could have
So who is Cubs backup 1st
Sureouts?
Sureouts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0HJcd2CVb4
Addison Russell shows off his arm and range
can't figure out how to link
can't figure out how to link to it directly, but Almora made a nice play as well, scroll down and you'll find it
https://www.facebook.com/TennesseeSmokies?fre...
more Smokies defense gems..
Just thinking about this AAA
I completely forgot that
Szczur does lead pcl of'ers
Szczur does lead pcl of'ers in assists...sam fuld II...
What's up with Vizcaino?