Here are the day's minor moves…
- The Marlins have signed Humberto Quintero to a minor league deal according to the CBSSports.com transactions page. The Royals released the 32-year-old backstop earlier this month after he hit .232/.257/.341 in 144 plate appearances.
- The Reds have released Joey Gathright according to the International League transactions page. The 31-year-old speedster hit .299/.346/.347 in 161 plate appearances for their Triple-A affiliate after signing out of an independent league back in May.
- The Athletics have released Erick Threets at his request, reports Casey Pratt of CSNBayArea.com (Twitter links). The hard-throwing 30-year-old southpaw pitched to a 1.84 ERA with 6.3 K/9 and 3.9 BB/9 in 44 innings for Oakland's Triple-A affiliate this season.
I think Gathright is trying to break some kind of record for most AAA teams played for
What is the over/under on the Cards signing Threets to a minor league contract?
I’m not sure why Gathright has bounced around so often. I feel like most teams could use a speedy backup outfielder who can pinch run, steal bases, and play good defense in left and center.
Thought that for sometime also. Guess now we see how come Pods has had such a hard time finding a job after he lost the ability to be more of a slap hitter and Pierre has bounced around so much, though Pierre’s defense was never that good.
He was/is another herb Washington/Matty Alexander, just came about a few decades too late as to how clubs see his type of player.
Pittsburgh had Omar Moreno for over a decade in CF and he couldn’t hit his weight (literally) but he could steal bases and play defense.
Agreed, I’m sure he could at least perform just as well as Endy Chavez has for the O’s, probably more so
That was supposed to be his role with the Cubs a few years ago. In his first two appearances as a pinch runner, he was picked off and caught stealing. After not too many innings in the outfield, he made an error and overthrew the cutoff man. It was a small sample size, but it would have been hard for more to contribute more negatively to the team.
OBP of .346 and he gets released? Odd.
31 years old in AAA and has an ops below .700
They best giving the playing time to a prospect.
A speed 1st guy hits .300 in AAA with a .350 OBP and gets the boot? What more does he have to prove to get a cup of coffee? Weird..
Dude’s had over 1,300 plate appearances in the Major Leagues. He’s had more than enough “coffee”. By the looks of his stats, he should be asking for a few cups of milk instead.
I’m well aware of his ML track record. Suppse I should have phrased it differently.