The Giants have released right-hander Roberto Gomez to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Johnny Cueto‘s reinstatement from the 60-day disabled list, tweets Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area. The team had already announced earlier tonight that Kelby Tomlinson was optioned to Triple-A in order to open a spot on the 25-man roster.
Gomez, 28, has been on the minor league disabled list since early May. Because injured players can’t be outrighted during the season, the Giants instead opted to release Gomez in order to clear a spot on the roster. It’s not uncommon in this type of situation for the player in question to strike up a new minor league contract with the organization, so it’s possible that he could yet return to the Giants’ minor league ranks.
Gomez ha pitched a total of 14 2/3 innings for the Giants over the past two seasons, and while he hasn’t yet found success in the Majors (13 runs allowed in that time), he does have an impressive 14-to-2 K/BB ratio in the big leagues. Gomez also has a solid track record at the Triple-A level, where he’s worked to a 3.93 ERA with 8.0 K/9 against 3.5 BB/9 over the course of 103 innings.
Seriously? Dude never got a fair shot, he looked good in limited time. He had a FIP of 2.03, albeit in only 10 innings.
The Angels will take him
I think this circumvention of the waiver wire needs to be addressed.
We’ve been seeing more teams releasing and then re-signing players, which could take opportunity for players to be on other 40-man rosters, Very few players are claimed off of release waivers (Kevin Millar, Doug Fister and Andrew Triggs is the bulk of it over the past few years) as it is typically seen as a formality.
His MLB numbers are trash, but he has set-up potential and would have likely drawn a claim on outright waivers based on options.
Michael Bourn did too I think
He couldn’t be outrighted or put on the waivers in this case. Plus, he will have an opportunity to sign on with another team and be placed on their 40 man roster. However, many teams aren’t inclined to give away a spot that easily.
He would’ve gone on outright waivers if he wasn’t injured
That actually makes a lot of sense. It’s a common theme in those solid prospects who have been released recently. Thanks for clearing that up.