Fister Released

[HaloCory22]

Kinda surprising they didn't at least give him a chance. I mean I get that it's tough to break through on this incredibly stacked rotation of ours but if they gave Lincecum almost a month they can at least give Dougie 2 starts. Oh well.

[gurn67]

4 hours ago, HaloCory22 said:

Kinda surprising they didn't at least give him a chance. I mean I get that it's tough to break through on this incredibly stacked rotation of ours but if they gave Lincecum almost a month they can at least give Dougie 2 starts. Oh well.

There's no way he could keep up with Nolasco's current W-L pace of 4-19 with 50 Home runs allowed. No wonder they didn't want him.

[JAHV76]

4 hours ago, AngelsLongBall said:

Fister?  I hardly knew her!

At least give a Jeter gift basket afterwards 

[disarcina]

Jeff Fletcher's report tells the story -- Halos wanted more time to see how the current rotation was faring and wanted some more minor league starts from Fister and Fister said NO.

And his contract allowed him to demand his release if not called up by June 15 or some date like that......

He'll catch on with some other team that will put him right into the rotation -- don't expect his numbers to be very good.......his most important number for some team may be IP.

[Erstad Grit]

8 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Hudson, Lincecum, Fister..

How dare you forget Dontrell!!!!!

[Stradling]

We had Hudson?

[gurn67]

Some of us go back to seeing them try to get the last gasps out of Luis Tiant, Fernando Valenzuela, Jerry Reuss & Mark Gubicza.

[Billy_Ball]

11 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Hudson, Lincecum, Fister..

Mulder*

[Homebrewer]

7 hours ago, Billy_Ball said:

Mulder*

That's who it was, your right.

[Taylor]

12 hours ago, disarcina said:

He'll catch on with some other team that will put him right into the rotation -- don't expect his numbers to be very good.......his most important number for some team may be IP.

And then pitch against the Angels in some random game in August, and go 7 innings, giving up 1 ER with 5 K's and 1 BB.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

I thought he was doing well in AAA for the Bee's?.... What's up with that? Do they feel that Nolasco and Chavez have more upside????....BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[disarcina]

SlappyUtilityMIF:  Fister left us, we didn't demand his walking papers -- Fister did.

Fister had a contract that said if he wasn't on the 25 man big league roster by a date certain (June 20 ?) then he had the right to demand his immediate release.

Angels wanted to keep him at AAA for about three more weeks to a month and Fister, per his contract term, said NO.  He was released.

As pointed out here by some other posters, another team signing him at this point may require Fister to serve a short minor league stint -- so not sure what Fister gains here.

Oh well, part of the Halos' reason for not calling him up and risk losing him was that they are somewhat satisfied with how the patch quilt rotation is going right now.

they probably would have called Fister up in about 10 days to two weeks and had he been inserted into the line-up the Halos rotation would have had the equivalent of Nolasco starting 2/5th's of their games.........

[Robrock30]

SB Nation's Chris Cotillo reports that the Red Sox claimed Doug Fister off release waivers from the Angels. 

[Blarg]

5 minutes ago, Robrock30 said:

SB Nation's Chris Cotillo reports that the Red Sox claimed Doug Fister off release waivers from the Angels. 

It will be complete trolling if they activate and start him this series. 

[Robrock30]

39 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It will be complete trolling if they activate and start him this series. 

It might work out as the Angels are recently familiar with him.

[Taylor]

41 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It will be complete trolling if they activate and start him this series. 

And he throws a CG on 83 pitches.

[Blarg]

My hopes is that game for him is complete after three innings and 83 pitches with an ERA in the high double digits. 

[zenmaster]

Guess who's starting Sunday?

https://twitter.com/ScottLauber/status/878346035252256769

[Broad Street]

I swear if Fister gets the W on Sunday I will be a little upset. Like, Canadian upset. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Of course, he's going to deal on SUNDAY and stick it right up our rosebud!

[Homebrewer]

HAHA Eddie Bane talked the Redsox into signing Fister.

The plot thickens

[Stradling]

I think it's funny that we care about Fister now.  

[Homebrewer]

11 minutes ago, Stradling said:

I think it's funny that we care about Fister now.  

It's called irony..

 

i·ro·ny¹

ˈīrənē/

noun

 

1. the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

   "“Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony"

   synonyms:

   sarcasm, causticity, cynicism, mockery, satire, sardonicism "that note of irony in her voice"

   • a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.

     plural noun: ironies

     "the irony is that I thought he could help me"

     synonyms:

     paradox, incongruity, incongruousness "the irony of the situation"
   • a literary technique, originally used in Greek tragedy, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.

     noun: dramatic irony

[Stradling]

I wasn't calling you out, there's just this feeling by quite a few people here that assume he's going to beat us tomorrow.  

[Lou]

Crap! 

I just spent $300 on an authentic Angels Doug Fister jersey.