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Turnbow Designated
FRIDAY, 9:34am: It's official - Turnbow has been designated for assignment.
FRIDAY, 8:53am: Adam McCalvy says the Brewers will call up outfielder Joe Dillon today, leading to speculation that Turnbow will be designated.
THURSDAY: Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel wonders whether the Brewers will decide to eat Derrick Turnbow's $3.2MM salary and release him.
Not only is Turnbow unhappy, but he's been rocked in eight appearances this year. He probably needs a fresh start. I am not a fan of the "relief ERA" metric, but the Red Sox, Mariners, and Rangers fare poorly by it. In reality, there are probably a dozen teams that would like to try to straighten Turnbow out. Control, of course, is his main issue.
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I'm hearing he's out by end of day today or tomorrow. Look for the dfa. Only question is whether or not they'll get an "organizational depth" player out of a deal.
Posted by: Comma8 | May 01, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Is it just me or is Turnbow's velocity down? I remember he was in the high 90's and could touch 100 before. Last night during the Cubs game he was throwing around 90-92. Anyone know what happened there?
Posted by: Victor | May 01, 2008 at 12:40 PM
He never really went over 97, and has been consistently 92-95 over the past couple years.
The Brewers might as well cut ties with him now. I know they're trying to get him in situations where he can succeed, but it clearly isn't working. Time for a change of scenery for Derrick.
Posted by: kgbaseball | May 01, 2008 at 01:00 PM
Decent Peripherals, Poor Control...sounds like a Pat Gillick Reclamation Project to me.
Posted by: tmichalski | May 01, 2008 at 01:04 PM
The Braves need to seriously look at getting Turnbow in Atlanta
Posted by: lsutigernfla | May 01, 2008 at 01:38 PM
Yup, they DFA'd him this morning. It's too bad. I hope he clears waivers and can get back whatever he lost.
Posted by: keehno | May 02, 2008 at 09:23 AM
Someone will claim him quickly.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | May 02, 2008 at 09:37 AM
I agree that the braves should go after him. He has had past success, and maybe a new environment will still allow for him to get back at least some of his old success. I would not mind taking a flyer on him, even though I really would not be impacted either way. He could just be another Chris Resop as this point.
Posted by: bravesbeast | May 02, 2008 at 10:10 AM
There are a ton of teams who could use this guy at league minimum. I could list off maybe 20 teams who could use him. I hope that gagne picks it up because I think turnbow could be at least that good.
Posted by: joemorgan=#1 | May 02, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Poor bastard. Went from being an '06 All Star in 2006 to getting DFA'd.
Posted by: rizdak | May 02, 2008 at 11:25 AM
so lets say the braves pick him up...do the brewers get any kind of compensation? do we pay his full salary? i suck at these situations and the money issues if anyone could clear it up that would be awesome!
Posted by: T_Unit14 | May 02, 2008 at 02:03 PM
Haven't we seen this before. Maybe the Card's will sign him to play OF.
Posted by: 3-2hammer | May 02, 2008 at 05:36 PM
dont go for him braves! Dan Kolb 2.0! both had 39 saves for the brewers then fell apart. avoid both.
Posted by: fgsfsfbbbrd | May 02, 2008 at 10:04 PM