Vernon Wells DFA

[LightTheHalo]

Buster Olney ‏@Buster_ESPN 9s
The Yankees have designated Vernon Wells for assignment, as they create roster spots on their 40-man.

[jsnpritchett]

Ha...he should just give up.

[Spirit]

A perfect time to pick up a replacement for the loss of Trumbo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(sarcasm)

[tdawg87]

Dear Jerry,

No.

[yk9001]

Would you say he made the Yankees pay?

[jshep]

So that's probably effectively the end of his career.

[jshep]

 

Alden Gonzalez ‏@Alden_Gonzalez

Vernon Wells DFA'd by NYY, per @Buster_ESPN. Next year, he'll be paid by three teams (#BlueJays, #Angels, #Yankees) and play for neither.

Edited January 10, 2014 by jshep

[Richard]

TOO PAID TO DFA!

 

 

..or not.

Edited January 10, 2014 by Richard

[Mark68]

Still means we're on the hook for our portion of his salary...so the Yankees don't lose much money by DFA'ing him. Probably a win/win for them.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Not sure how exactly the Blue Jays are paying him.

[Brent Maguire]

Not sure how exactly the Blue Jays are paying him.

They picked up 5 million dollars correct?

I don't remember how it was spread out but maybe they just paid a little bit each year and are still paying this year.

[CaliAngel]

The guys a freakin' joke. 

 

HEY WELLSY: Have some dignity and request a suspension of your pending salary just for being a complete buffoon of a ballplayer.

[Ohtaniland]

Thank you and goodnight!

 

[Docwaukee]

next step:

 

Wells signs with the Rangers and goes Napoli on us. 

[LightTheHalo]

Somebody will offer him at least an invite to spring training if not a major league contract. He can still muscle one out of the yard with decent regularity. That has value for some teams I'm sure, especially for the league minimum.

[red321]

The guys a freakin' joke. 

 

HEY WELLSY: Have some dignity and request a suspension of your pending salary just for being a complete buffoon of a ballplayer.

 

I'm sure you volunteer to do that when you have a bad day at work...maybe surfing the internet a little bit, stuff like that

[gurn67]

next step:

 

Wells signs with the Rangers and goes Napoli on us. 

We got a winner!!!

[jshep]

Somebody will offer him at least an invite to spring training if not a major league contract. He can still muscle one out of the yard with decent regularity. That has value for some teams I'm sure, especially for the league minimum.

 

Fun Fact: He hit 1 HR after May 15th of last season. On August 13th...against us of course.

 

I'm fairly certain someone will offer him an ST invite if he wants, but there's little reason to think he's still going to hold any value for a major league team: since he's not a particularly gifted defender in the corners and would certainly be overmatched in center, doesn't hold real value on the bases, and doesn't even have the splits as a RHB to back up being used a lefty masher PH off the bench.

 

and I'm not sure a guy at that point in his career(who was already talking about retirement after this coming season), is going to be eager to head to the minors and wait for an opportunity.

Edited January 10, 2014 by jshep

[tomsred]

Interesting question, if we did want him would we have to pay anything for him?  I realize we don't want to give up a roster spot, but what would happen salary wise?

[mtangelsfan]

The guys a freakin' joke. 

 

HEY WELLSY: Have some dignity and request a suspension of your pending salary just for being a complete buffoon of a ballplayer.

 

Oh brother.  He didn't hold a gun to anyone's head. 

 

Nobody would do what you are suggesting. 

[CaliAngel]

I'm sure you volunteer to do that when you have a bad day at work...maybe surfing the internet a little bit, stuff like that

 

A bad day? Nah. 

 

A bad 3 years? Yeah, I think its time for me to move on and stop being paid...

 

Oh brother.  He didn't hold a gun to anyone's head. 

 

Nobody would do what you are suggesting. 

 

Right. NOBODY.

 

Research is your friend, MT.

 

http://www.nytimes.c...r=2&ref=sports

[Bruce Nye]

Too blessignated to be designated.

[RallyMo]

A bad day? Nah.

A bad 3 years? Yeah, I think its time for me to move on and stop being paid...

Right. NOBODY.

Research is your friend, MT.

http://www.nytimes.c...r=2&ref=sports

Does this mean that if I pay you to post here you will decide to leave the board?

[CaliAngel]

Does this mean that if I pay you to post here you will decide to leave the board?

 

You can't afford me.

[Troll Daddy]

Looks like the Angels are paying him $18.6M this year.

Edited January 10, 2014 by Troll Daddy