The Reds announced on Wednesday that they’ve claimed right-hander Luke Farrell off waivers from the Dodgers and designated former Dodger Scott Van Slyke for assignment in order to clear a spot on the 40-man roster. Farrell has been optioned to Triple-A Louisville, per the Reds’ announcement.
The 26-year-old Farrell is the son of Red Sox manager John Farrell and made his MLB debut with the Royals earlier this year. He was knocked around for five runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings, and that outing still represents his long MLB appearance.
Though his debut was rough, Farrell has produced solid Triple-A results in 2016-17, working to a combined 3.83 ERA with 8.5 K/9, 3.5 BB/9 and roughly a 36 percent ground-ball rate in 199 2/3 innings. He has a pair of minor league options remaining beyond this season, which also figures to have some appeal to the Reds.
Van Slyke was acquired alongside catching prospect Hendrik Clementina minutes before the non-waiver trade deadline in the trade that sent Tony Cingrani to the Dodgers. While some may wonder why the Reds didn’t simply acquire Farrell in place of Van Slyke in that trade, it’s likely due to the fact that the Reds took on the remainder of Van Slyke’s salary, thus offsetting some of the financial cost of Cingrani for Los Angeles.
The 31-year-old Van Slyke is earning $1.325MM and has appeared in just 29 games this season (all with the Dodgers), hitting .122/.250/.293 in 48 plate appearances. Van Slyke, of course, has had his share of success in the Majors but hasn’t been especially productive since 2014. He’s also carrying a disappointing .714 OPS in Triple-A this season.
When I saw the headlien I wondered why they didn’t trade for him instead of van slyke but the answer was already in the post. Nice job reading my mind MLBTR hahaha
So SVS “leaked” a bunch of crap about Puig a couple of years ago-
I guess Puig gets the last laugh. I think this is a sign the Dodgers will keep Puig after this year.
Puig is also 100x better at baseball
Agreed
It was also Mr AJ Ellis who also was a snitch too. That whole Puig storming out of Dodger stadium last years was the final straw that got AJ traded
People keep saying this but I never found ANY corroborating evidence other than what his father said
How tf is the reds designating SVS a sign that the dodgers will keep puig? Come on guys
People keep saying this but I never found ANY corroborating evidence other than what his father said
SVS will be claimed by the Giants and become the Dodger killer for years to come.
Van Slyke couldn’t hit water if he fell out a boat
Maybe not but he definitely produced for us while in LA
The Tigers could use a rh outfielder to platoon in RF. SVS is more of a prospect than either Aducci or Presley. What’s to lose?
At 31 years of age, Van Slyke is no prospect. He’s a journeyman who hasn’t hit in years.
Yes, SVS is no prospect, however he spent all 12 years of his professional baseball career with one organization before 10 days ago. I don’t call that a journeyman.
I’d like to see Van Slyke in a Cardinals jersey just to remind me of the 80s.
at some point , Scott will wear a cardinal or pirates jersey. .
Based on the salary, he clears, becomes a free agent and could wait for the offseason to ink a new deal considering the AAA season ends in a few weeks.
Doubt many teams want him on the roster now. He doesn’t help contenders win and non-contenders would rather get a look at what young kids they have.
On another note, I’m getting a vibe that Farrell could be one of the Brady Dragmire, Tyrell Jenkins, Russ Canzler etc. of the offseason.
He’s appealing enough to drop a $20k claim on, and is under team control if outrighted making it more likely for a team to try and slip him through.