The Padres claimed left-hander Chris Rearick off waivers from the Rangers, the team announced (via Twitter). In a corresponding move, San Diego designated southpaw Caleb Thielbar for assignment.
Rearick is back with the Padres just a few days after the Rangers themselves claimed him off waivers. Rearick had been designated for assignment by San Diego and was quickly DFA’ed again by Texas to make room for young lefty Andrew Faulkner. Rearick made his MLB debut earlier this season with the Padres, and he has a 12.00 ERA over three innings in the Show.
San Diego claimed Thielbar off waivers after Minnesota designated him assignment on July 31. The lefty has a 2.41 ERA over 41 innings for the Padres’ and Twins’ Triple-A affiliates, despite an unimpressive 1.09 K/BB rate (25 strikeouts and 23 walks). This year’s peripherals aside, Thielbar has posted solid numbers over his minor league career and he has a 2.74 ERA, 7.2 K/9 and 2.63 K/BB rate over 98 2/3 Major League innings with the Twins.
Thielbar joins five other players in “DFA limbo,” and you can keep track of their status via the MLB Trade Rumors DFA Tracker.
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Preller has annoyed me this summer. He has multiple impending free agents! Justin Upton, Shawn Kelley, & Ian Kennedy are set to walk next season and only Upton seems poised for a QO and Benoit and Barmes will likely be on the way out as well. It befuddles me why he won’t just trade some pieces after depleting the farm system and not winning. Thielbar could have very well been a replacement for one of the departing relievers and has shown success in the past. I would have DFA’d Clint Barmes, only because taking a player off of your 40 man roster nullifies August procedure. You could at least get a warm body for him as well as potential salary relief. It would have also allowed for them to be able to keep the young players. Just call up Middlebrooks to take his spot on the roster.
No offense but your ideas are terrible.
I was merely saying that it would be smarter to keep a younger player with potential and get a minor leaguer and salary relief than to keep a 36 year old infielder hitting .246 with a at least $500,000 left on his contract through next season while losing a reliever who has put up very good numbers last year and the year before in the major leagues for $20,000
Kennedy is getting a QO. His 2nf half numbers have been outstanding and he’s pitched well since June.
Look at what Wil Venable brought back- A ball hitter under .220 and pitcher with an era over 5. There’s really no sense trading Kelley and Barmes if they’ll bring back that type of return or less. You trade for these guys gotta make room on the 40 man and who’s to say they’re better than what you currently have? You acquire people you gotta find them playing time. Which hurts the development of everyone.
I agree about Kennedy. They will either sign him to a team-friendly deal for maybe three years or if it’s clear that he wants to hit the market, they’ll offer him a QO. He isn’t worth QO money, but he’ll probably decline it to try to get a longer-term deal with a larger overall value.
The Venable return isn’t total rubbish. The pitcher, Jon Edwards, is a recent OF conversion who was just named to the All-PCL team for getting 23 saves with a 1.23 ERA for the season. He might turn in to a nice bullpen piece. The other guy is a project bat who is probably moving out from catcher since he just had TJ surgery this June.
That said, these waiver values decline with each passing day. Kennedy and Benoit might be brought back next year. Upton’s certainly leaving, but I doubt he’d return value better than the QO draft pick when he walks. It doesn’t make much sense to move these guys now unless the return on the trade is usable.
Kennedy has an $8m club option for next year with a $1.5m buyout, so basically a $6.5m club option. Preller will exercise it otherwise he would have traded Benoit to the highest bidder when he had the chance.
I mean Benoit has an option, not Kennedy, my bad.