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Leachpunk
For what purpose exactly?
Brandon 20
Utility player?
Leachpunk
Cairo, Fraisier, Janish, Heisey and Francisco?
Robert A.
Veteran depth in Louisville, a la Hermida last season. Really, the only other outfielder on the 40 man who isn’t on the 25 man is Phipps, who only has one good season under his belt where he happened to have a .425+ BABIP all season.
Snoochies8
because he’s dusty baker’s favorite type of player, except he can get on base
/sarcasm
but really, he reminds me of guys like willy taveras (tavares?), corey patterson, and ryan freel….
TophersReds
World Series here we come!
On a side note, what was the point? I don’t exactly get this one. I’d rather give Denis Phipps a chance as the 5th outfielder, but obviously Walt cares to differ.
Leachpunk
Unless Walt doesnt want Frazier to play or he thinks Francisco won’t be playing, I really don’t see a reason for this.
Jay
I am beginning to wonder if you put this in every post you make..
“World Series here we come!”
I have seen it so much it sickens me. Everyone who reads this page knows this is not a major move and honestly if you don’t have anything useful to post why bother.
I personally don’t mind the signing. It makes for more competition in the outfield. And maybe this will push Stubbs a little to work on cleaning up his plate appearances. That and he can play from what it sounds just about anywhere. He does after all have a decent on base percentage.
nsideindy
What sickens me is people complaining about other peoples comments. Why bother…other than to be a jerk???
nsideindy
What sickens me is people complaining about other peoples comments. Why bother…other than to be a jerk???
schellis
I think this is bad news for Cairo and Frazier
Leachpunk
Nevermind I see… He’s a LH batter.
Robert A.
Depth in the minors. Our 40 man is pretty thin at outfield now, actually. And the only time Phipps ever had a good season (though he hasn’t played long) was when he had a .425+ BABIP all season. Had Hermida in AAA last year, this is probably similar.
Leachpunk
Yeah, but he won’t be going to the minors, they’re probably going to sign him to a major league contract.
Jay
Officially a minor league deal hah!!!
Robert A.
Yeah, lots of uninformed Reds fans out here, unfortunately.
Jay
Officially a minor league deal hah!!!
Robert A.
Look beyond the 25 man, my friend.
Robert A.
Look beyond the 25 man, my friend.
Reds4Life
Not much to see here. Surprised MLBTR even gave this a real heading. Probably belongs in the “other news” category.
Jennifer Campbell
I am wondering if there isn’t another trade coming, because of the number of infielders they have on the roster. They have been talking to Jeff Francis and supposedly talking to two other clubs about trades. I would like to see them sign the outfielder , Kyle Hudson, that was just released by Baltimore to a Minor league deal and have him as a backup in Louisville.
Alex Kantecki
Was Neifi Perez unavailable?
TophersReds
Minor League Deal. This makes much more sense now.
ctownboy
In 2008, Corey (two pitch At Bat) Patterson was signed on March 9 off of the scrap heap and given a split contract. He had a hot week the last week of Spring Training and made the team. Because of that, he was paid $2 million dollars and Baker stuck with him for most of the year (even though he was horrible after the first week of the regular season).
My guess is, Toothpick will do everything in his power to get the “vet” Harris his big paycheck and will send Frzaier to the Minors to start the season.
bigpat
He looks like a guy Dusty Baker can fall in love with.
Lastings
Nah, this guy seems perfect for Dusty…