WEDNESDAY: Daigle cleared waivers and accepted a Triple A assignment, tweets Footer.
SUNDAY: The Astros have designated reliever Casey Daigle for assignment and purchased the contract of veteran reliever Gary Majewski, tweets MLB.com's Alyson Footer.
Daigle, 29, entered today's game having allowed 10 earned runs in 10 innings with the Astros this year. The three earned runs, four hits, and walk that he allowed through just a third of an inning today likely didn't help the former first-round pick's case.
Daigle was drafted by the Diamondbacks 31st overall back in 1999, and spent eight years in their organization. He also has seen time with the Twins' Triple-A affiliate in Rochester, and of course, the Astros. Entering play today, Daigle had accumulated 71.1 big league innings over parts of three seasons, but struggled tremendously. He'd notched a 6.81 ERA and walked more hitters (38) than he'd struck out (29).
Majewski, 30, hasn't appeared in the bigs since 2008 with the Reds. After beginning his career with a 3.11 ERA in his first 107 innings with the Expos/Nationals franchise, he's posted just a 5.81 ERA in 133.1 innings since. For his career, Majewski has fanned 5.3 hitters per nine innings, while walking 3.3.
Not very surprising after the way he pitched today.
Even the mental image of Jennie Finch sealing cardboard boxes with packing tape is hot.
Agreed. Guess we know who the real pitcher in the relationship is.
Yes Jennie is the pitcher, Casey is definitely the catcher in that relationship.
Jennie Finch awaits.
this guy really should just retire like his wife is. he’s nothing more than a AAA or maybe AAAA pitcher. if he gets called back to the majors, it’s a joke. he’s proven he can’t get MLB hitters out. however, his life is better than mine, since he’s married to Ms. Finch.