Cesar Puello DFA'd

[Docwaukee]

lol.  

Upton's ops is 4.  

 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

36 minutes ago, failos said:

I believe that's where tank goes for all his lunches

Del Taco....

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, kj_maestro said:

thanks for the solid work Super Puello

In Costa Mesa good grub 

[Lou]

37 minutes ago, SlappyUtilityMIF said:

Del Taco....

Good fries, unlike . . . 

[Stradling]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

Good fries, unlike . . . 

[Mark68]

8 hours ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Very unfortunate roster crunch. In before he joins A's and hits .750 against the Angels.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

9 hours ago, Lou said:

Giants could use him 

So could the Indians. They have been scuffling for outfielders all season.

[Docwaukee]

et tu, Justin?  

[Mark68]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

You know, I had In N Out twice last week (on the way to Vegas and on the way from Vegas, both times at the St George/Washington location), and had two different experiences with the fries.

 

On the way to Vegas, the fries were fresh and tasty. On the way home (during lunch rush), they were pretty stale.

[Broad Street]

Well this was a roller coaster read from start to finish. I have to say “I told you so.”

 

Also, I can’t believe people actually thought Puello wouldn’t be DFA’d when Upton came back. Just like Tovar will when Simmons gets activated. 

[DMVol]

7 hours ago, RBM said:

....And Goodwin may be replaced by Hermosillo In July.   

Why would we do that, particularly if Goodwin continues to hit when he gets opportunities?  Hermosillo was awful when he was called up last year....

[zenmaster]

Always, always, always get the fries well-done at In-N-Out.

[Slegnaac]

Anaheim Stadium has a Cafeteria?

[Jeff Fletcher]

Bunch of thoughts from reading this thread...

-Puello could still get traded but they won’t get much for him because he was DFA’d so they have no leverage. 

-Puello also could clear waivers. Yes he’s a guy who hit .390 in about 50 ABs in the big leagues, but he’s also a guy who is 28ish years old and been DFAd about 5 times. 

-Front offices get a daily report of transactions from the commissioners office. I am sure the GMs not only read it themselves but have people assigned to monitoring the other teams to know in advance who might be DFA’d so they can prepare. No one goes unnoticed. GMs and scouts also get information from Twitter the same way we do, although it’s mostly to get an idea what’s about to happen, not what did happen.

-Don’t be so sure Tovar is getting DFA’d when Simmons comes back. I think they may option Rengifo so he can play everyday. That way they also keep both players. 

-There was really no other good move to make when Upton came back. Keeping just 3 infielders is a short term solution that may have only bought Puello days or a week. And with Fletcher’s shoulder and La Stella’s forearm being sore recently, it was asking for the nightmare scenario of Pujols someday starting a game at 3B.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Bunch of thoughts from reading this thread

What about the cafeteria question?

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

What about the cafeteria question?

There is a dining room where the media, scouts and employees eat. 

[DMVol]

35 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

....Don’t be so sure Tovar is getting DFA’d when Simmons comes back. I think they may option Rengifo so he can play everyday. That way they also keep both players. 

Really the move that makes the most sense....we aren't going to sit Fletcher or LaStella and continue to play Rengifo when Simmons gets back....Fletcher and LaStella will handle 2b and 3b (not sure who plays which position but they have earned everyday AB's)....Rengifo needs AB's....he won't get them in the bigs once Simmons is back....Tovar is a spare piece who can play all INF positions....he makes better sense than Rengifo, young guy who needs AB...the other option might be Cowart, who is hitting pretty well at SLC and can play all INF positions...

[Jeff Fletcher]

5 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Really the move that makes the most sense....we aren't going to sit Fletcher or LaStella and continue to play Rengifo when Simmons gets back....Fletcher and LaStella will handle 2b and 3b (not sure who plays which position but they have earned everyday AB's)....Rengifo needs AB's....he won't get them in the bigs once Simmons is back....Tovar is a spare piece who can play all INF positions, he makes better sense than Rengifo, young guy who needs AB...the other option might be Cowart, who is hitting pretty well at SLC and can play all INF positions...

Cowart is not on the 40-man anymore, and they still want him to work on pitching, although it doesn’t seem like he has that much. I’ve been meaning to check on that. 

[DMVol]

5 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Cowart is not on the 40-man anymore, and they still want him to work on pitching, although it doesn’t seem like he has that much. I’ve been meaning to check on that. 

That's a different scenario then.....I just noticed he had some good offensive games in the last week or so....His pitching stats have been pretty bad, and limited, as you say....Would make more sense to keep Tovar if Cowart isn't on the 40 man...

[stormngt]

3 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

Bunch of thoughts from reading this thread...

-Puello could still get traded but they won’t get much for him because he was DFA’d so they have no leverage. 

-Puello also could clear waivers. Yes he’s a guy who hit .390 in about 50 ABs in the big leagues, but he’s also a guy who is 28ish years old and been DFAd about 5 times. 

-Front offices get a daily report of transactions from the commissioners office. I am sure the GMs not only read it themselves but have people assigned to monitoring the other teams to know in advance who might be DFA’d so they can prepare. No one goes unnoticed. GMs and scouts also get information from Twitter the same way we do, although it’s mostly to get an idea what’s about to happen, not what did happen.

-Don’t be so sure Tovar is getting DFA’d when Simmons comes back. I think they may option Rengifo so he can play everyday. That way they also keep both players. 

-There was really no other good move to make when Upton came back. Keeping just 3 infielders is a short term solution that may have only bought Puello days or a week. And with Fletcher’s shoulder and La Stella’s forearm being sore recently, it was asking for the nightmare scenario of Pujols someday starting a game at 3B.

This was why I was so bothered by the move.  I didn't want to see puello go.  However there was no "good choice", Upton had to be activated.  I really believe we could have gotten so.ething solid for Puello had this gone down a month later.

[Lou]

9 minutes ago, stormngt said:

This was why I was so bothered by the move.  I didn't want to see puello go.  However there was no "good choice", Upton had to be activated.  I really believe we could have gotten so.ething solid for Puello had this gone down a month later.

Puello was in the minors a month ago

[stormngt]

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

Puello was in the minors a month ago

So?  A month later would be in July!

[Lou]

1 minute ago, stormngt said:

So?  A month later would be in July!

Ha. I totally misread that. 

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

A month later when when the 5th OF'er market heats up?  Every team has a few guys who can fill that role in the minors or can find one off the scrap heap.  

[Angel Oracle]

Tovar is 5-16 (.313 BA including 3 doubles), after starting off 3-22 (.136 BA).

His defense is solid at multiple positions.