The Braves designated right-hander Livan Hernandez for assignment, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Braves called Kris Medlen up from Triple-A in a related move.
The Braves now have ten days to trade Hernandez, release him, or, if he consents, assign him to the minor leagues. The team had been calling around trying to move Hernandez, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on Twitter). Hernandez, 37, signed a Major League deal with the Braves in March, not long after the Astros released him. He posted a 4.94 ERA with 5.5 K/9 and 2.3 BB/9 in 31 innings out of the bullpen for Atlanta.
We love you Livo, but the Nats really can’t use you anymore.
+1/2St.
They Jays could use an experienced pitcher for a few weeks… I wouldn’t give more than a PTBNL though.
is he an improvement over Laffey?
Nope. but now that Drabek is done for the year…
Livan Hernandez: Jo Jo Reyes older, right handed twin
What did Livan ever do to you to deserve that kind of insult?
If Medlen is available in your fantasy league, grab him NOW.
That’s only if he comes back as a starter. Sounding like he’ll take Livan’s spot in the pen for now since Minor/Delgado put up good outings last time around.
He should probably stick to selling cartoon balloons in town.
That was the post of the month! And, don’t forget Livan is a good man.
There’s Bard’s replacement, Ben.
How long until “Padres Sign Hernandez” is up?
rotation is actually filling back out again… as of next week it will be Volquez, Richard, Bass, Cashner, Marquis…. with Stauffer, Owings, and Wieland expected to return to the rotation soon-ish. they aren’t quite in the place of desperation where they were a week or two ago.
I don’t really want the Padres to sign him, but I think you are being overly optimistic about Stauffer and Owings. Stauffer is still having elbow problems every time he throws and Owings rehab in Tucson has him playing FIRST base and DH’ing when the opportunity arises. His forearm is not strong enough right now for the rigors of pitching. While Cashner should be ready by the end of the month, I don’t think Wieland has started his re hab yet.
In my opinion they are still in near crisis mode.
Man this is a huge step in the right direction
37 years old **cough**
Quite frankly, I never understood the signing at the beginning of the season. How long before Gartrell or Mejia gets a chance with the big club as the rh bench bat?
About as long as it took them to give Barbaro Canizares a shot.
“Can he pitch? And is he over 35 years old?” – Dan Duquette
Livan is an innings machine, averaging 222 per year for his career. You can give him the ball every 5 days and depend on a decent performance. He’s not Cy Young, but if you score some runs for him he’ll keep you in games. Toronto has scored more runs than the Yankees so far this year and hit almost as many Home Runs. If Drabek is out for any length of time the Jays would be silly to put an unproven arm out there with this veteran available. He hasn’t pitched in the AL for a few years, and has successful post season experience. He’s the Rodney Dangerfield of SP’s because he’s rarely been on “good” teams.
It may be time for Livan to start his coaching career. He has been fun to watch as he reinvented himself over the years. No doubt the man knows pitching; I just have a gut feeling he’d be a fantastic pitching coach.
Not every league. Some are deeper than others.
Medlin is probably not worth picking up. But he is not exactly chopped liver either