Bartolo DFA'ed

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I mean, they publicly claim they did.

“We made a strong effort to re-sign Bartolo,” general manager Sandy Alderson said in a statement. “But he decided to go elsewhere.”

[Edgy MD]

Well, I totally missed that.

#pwnd

#ThatsNotaThingAnymore

[Guest 41Forever]

So in a situation like that, where the Braves are paying all but the minimum salary, can teams courting a player offer to go above that, or is the bargaining about playing time and non-financial things?

[Edgy MD]

No, there's actually negotiating. A release can make some players a little more money if more than one team is in on the action.

[Centerfield]

This is probably for the best, but still a bit disappointing.

[Frayed Knot]

Twins call up Bartolo and will start him vs the Yanx tonight.
To make room for him the Twins sent down Dillon Gee

Twins are actually the team right on the Yanx tail in the WC race now just 1/2 game back for WC #2 after last night's rare Twinkies win vs the Yanx.
How rare? That win pushes the Twins record up to 29-74 over the last 15 years.

[seawolf17]

Going to feel good to root for Bartolo again.

[Frayed Knot]

1-2-3 1st inning for Bart including a 3-pitch K of Judge.

btw, Judge has 1 hit (an infield single) in 22 ABs with 8 Ks since the ASB ... just sayin'

[Edgy MD]

The HRD Curse strikes again.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: The HRD Curse strikes again.

Cody Bellinger says he'll call your HRD before throwing down his post-ASB .417/.462/.917

The HRD curse is definitely real, except when it's not.

[Edgy MD]

Kidding, but I don't doubt that it can get some guys out of their rhythm to try to put on a rocket-launching show, even if that's half of what daily batting practice amounts to.

[Frayed Knot]

I know you were kidding but at least half the fans and about 3/4 of announcers (or maybe the other way around) are going to cite Judge's 20-some ABs as proof positive of a stone-cold cause-
and-effect while conveniently ignoring those cases where evidence says exactly the opposite.

[Frayed Knot]

Big Sexy had a nice four innings but then fell apart in the 5th and wasn't helped by his pen which allowed all his leftover baserunners to score.
Final line: 4 IP, 4 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 BB, 3 K

Meanwhile the Twins remembered that they're the Twins and are contractually obligated to suck against the Yanx so they managed just 3 runs in a game where they had four doubles, a triple, a HR,
and six walks but went an astonishing [u:2qd58t44]2 for 18[/u:2qd58t44] w/RiSP

[Frayed Knot]

Bart, who hinted at retirement if this game didn't go well, and has his job on the line anyway now that the Twins have imported Jamie Garcia, started tonight's game vs the Dodgers with
4 scoreless innings but then allowed back-to-back shots to start the 5th and then another run after that.
3-3 game in the 6th in LA; 3 runs on 8 hits thru 5 for Bartolo.

[Frayed Knot]

Bartolo faced Cody Bellinger last night, just a few weeks shy of 17 years after facing papa Clay Bellinger.
Add that duo to the Fielders, Cecil and Prince, and the Youngs, Eric Sr. and Eric Jr. on Colon's resume.
He had also formerly pitched to both managers in last night's game, LA's Dave Roberts and his own manager Paul Molitor.

[Chad ochoseis]

A 5.18 ERA in Minnesota so far. But he pitched a complete game on Friday, making him the oldest pitcher to do so (44) since Jamie Moyer (47).