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Brian Bruney Clears Waivers

By Zachary Links | May 21, 2010 at 7:04pm CDT

FRIDAY, 7:04pm: Kilgore reports that Bruney has refused his minor league assignment.  The Nats now have a week to deal the reliever, and will probably release him if they can't find a trade partner.  Until Bruney signs with another club, Washington still owes Bruney his $1.5MM salary for 2010.

FRIDAY, 1:35pm: Bruney cleared waivers and now has 24 hours to accept or refuse a minor league assignment, according to Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post (via Twitter). Bruney told MLB.com's Bill Ladson that he isn't sure if he'll accept the assignment.

SUNDAY: The Nationals have designated reliever Brian Bruney for assignment, according to MLB.com's William Ladson (via Twitter).  The move was made to create room for right-hander Drew Storen.  

Bruney, 28, has a 7.64 ERA with 16 Ks and 20 walks in 17.2 innings for the Nats this season.  Washington manager Jim Riggleman indicated yesterday that the club might make a roster move involving Bruney.  While the limited sample size should not be overlooked, it is worth noting that the velocity on Bruney's fastball has dipped from 94.6 mph last season to 92.8 mph in 2010.

Meanwhile, Storen has been outstanding this year in both Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Syracuse.  Between the two stops, Storen has a 1.12 ERA with 15 Ks and just three walks in 16 innings of work.  Baseball America's Prospect Handbook predicts that the 22-year-old – ranked third in the Nats' farm system – could be closing games in Washington by the end of the season.

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  1. goodie

    15 years ago

    144 innings of 3.25 ERA over the last 4 years for the Yanks, but not good enough for the Nats pen? Is he hurt or something or are 17 innings enough for the Nats to drop the axe on him?

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    • souldrummer

      15 years ago

      The man walks people. He seems to walk people in every outing. Somebody has to go because Storen is ready. Tyler Walker has shown improvement. Burnett is a lefty who they aren’t going to give up on. Batista is the designated mop up guy who was the only other credible candidate to get moved. If you want to call up Storen and make a decision based on performance, Bruney had to be the guy to go. He reminds me so much of Jesus Colome, a guy who could throw the ball threw a wall but had no idea where it was going.

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  2. wwy

    15 years ago

    “Baseball America’s Prospect Handbook predicts that the 22-year-old – ranked third in the Nats’ farm system – could be closing games in Washington by the end of the season.”

    It seems like the only way that would happen is if Capps really falters, since he has been great so far, or if the Nats fall so far out of contention that they decide to trade Capps. Otherwise, he would leapfrog Capps and take the role over from him, would he?

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    • souldrummer

      15 years ago

      Agree on this. They are not going to want to give Storen a closer’s job right off the bat. Right now, we’re just looking for someone who we can bring on out of the pen who we can trust not to walk people and has strikeout stuff. Doug Slaten has been helpful since he was called up from Syracuse over the past week or so. But Bruney’s flame out in Game 2 of the Rockies season was all that Rizzo could tolerate. It will be interesting to see if Bruney clears waivers. I guess the ideal situation would be for someone to claim him and for the Nats to try to work out a trade for a bag of balls. He was a godawful and I thought they were going to wait 2 weeks to cut bait. Glad to see that the Front Office is willing to send a clear message that we’re trying to win this year and not just be glad to beat expectations by finishing 3rd or 4th in the division.

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  3. damnitsderek

    15 years ago

    Well, here’s a trade that worked out well for both teams.

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    • Zack23

      15 years ago

      Except the Nats have to pay Bruney 2m+

      Reply
  4. coolstorybro222

    15 years ago

    I find it hilarous that they thought he was worthy of giving up a first round pick.

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    • $4555515

      15 years ago

      “I find it hilarous that they thought he was worthy of giving up a first round pick in the rule 5 draft”

      “fixed” and ya some would argue the rule 5 is a crapshoot but u never know…. what we do know is bruney has been a crapshoot

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  5. 04Forever

    15 years ago

    i just found out Bruney was in the movie Kindergarten Cop when he was a kid, thats classic. THERE IS NO BATHROOM!!

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  6. Guest 3317

    15 years ago

    For all the pitcher talk, a lot of you are forgetting that we also have Wang…heh heh. But seriously, he is coming back from injury as well so he is a definite possibility.

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