Here are the day’s minor moves:
- The Royals released lefty Jonathan Sanchez, as MLB.com’s Jeffrey Flanagan tweets. Sanchez, 34, struggled badly in camp as he tried once more to make it back to the majors. Once an established starter, Sanchez hasn’t appeared in the bigs since 2013, when he failed to recover from a disastrous 2012 campaign. He also has not played in affiliated ball in either of the past two seasons, though he did go to camp with the Reds last year.
- The Diamondbacks released former first-round draft pick Stryker Trahan, per Matt Eddy of Baseball America (via Twitter). Taken 26th overall in 2012 as a catcher, he had shifted more recently to the outfield. Though he’s still just 22 years of age, though, the bat never showed much life after promising work at the Rookie ball level. While he hit 19 home runs in 2014, Trahan managed only a .283 OBP and hasn’t turned it around since. Last year, he slashed just .201/.256/.322 combined over 258 plate appearances at the Class A and High-A levels.
Are teams looking further and further back for people long left on the discard pile now? This is the 2nd long tossed away guy for KC now released. Boston has Carlos Quentin.. That guy who hasn’t had a MLB AB in 2 full seasons on a MiLB deal, along with equally MIA of MLB time Erik Cordier in camp.
Is it trying to save a dime on salary, or legitimately thinking these old timers can help??
It seems beneficial to all parties to me. The teams get some vets who can maybe teach and work with a kid or two, and the vets get to play a game they love for a bit of money
Teams try to milk the last ounce of baseball talent out of players sometimes. Every now and then it works out. Nothing new here. This has gone on for awhile now.
I don’t see why a team wouldn’t take a chance on this kid, if he had no talent he wouldn’t have been drafted so high so I don’t understand why a rebuilding team would release a 22 year old.
He’s shown absolutely nothing since being drafted. They probably don’t want him taking at bats away from their other young guys
They chose a Creepy picture
I agree