Angels release Ryan Madson

[SoWhat]

@Alden_Gonzalez: #Angels have released Ryan Madson.

What a waste

[Guest]

Good riddance. What a colossal waste of resources. 

[FireThemAll]

lol

[bloodbrother]

Nice investment

[jsnpritchett]

Ha.  Thanks for all of your contributions, Ryan!

[nate]

You guys realize it was a cheap one year contract right?

 

He was hardly a colossal waste.  It was a risk that didn't pan out.

[tdawg87]

HIGH FIVE

[Guest]

You guys realize it was a cheap one year contract right?

 

He was hardly a colossal waste.  It was a risk that didn't pan out.

Insurance probably covered his salary, but he was still a waste of resources. 

[Quinlanforthewin]

Unbelievable

[FabulousFabregas]

I liked him better than Blanton.

[jsnpritchett]

I had forgotten that he did actually pitch 1 inning at Inland Empire this year, picking up a save.  So: good investment!

[tomsred]

You guys realize it was a cheap one year contract right?

 

He was hardly a colossal waste.  It was a risk that didn't pan out.

You"re destroying their colossal overstatement, LOL.

[Jason]

You guys realize it was a cheap one year contract right?

 

He was hardly a colossal waste.  It was a risk that didn't pan out.

Like most of their FA signings

[JAHV76]

Well at least Butcher didnt get to him.

[AZMike]

watch Oakland sign him for league minimum only for him to turn into Dennis Eckersley. 

[Homebrewer]

Well at least Butcher didnt get to him.

Yep...He might still have a shot to come back somewhere else.

[m0nkey]

Who?

[GoodTimesGoneBad]

What's the point of releasing him? They still have to pay him.

[nando714]

Madson outperformed other FA Pitching signings in 2013 for the Angels

[nando714]

watch Oakland sign him for league minimum only for him to turn into Dennis Eckersley.

This

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

What's the point of releasing him? They still have to pay him.

They want to give him the chance to pitch in the playoffs.

[gotbeer]

Boras strikes again.

[stevestevens]

He provided the Angels beat writers some exciting tweets about his long toss progress and also had some really good sessions off a flat mound. 

[bloodbrother]

Madson outperformed other FA Pitching signings in 2013 for the Angels

 

Lol

[bloodbrother]

He provided the Angels beat writers some exciting tweets about his long toss progress and also had some really good sessions off a flat mound. 

 

The ball was coming out of his hand well during those long toss sessions. My favorite Ryan Madson memory was that time he put on his jersey and took team pics during ST