Some minor moves from around the game on the eve of Opening Day (for most of the league)…
- The Cardinals announced this afternoon that lefty Chasen Shreve has cleared waivers following this week’s DFA. He’s been assigned outright to Triple-A Memphis. While Shreve does have enough service time to reject the assignment, electing free agency would mean forfeiting the $900K salary to which he’d agreed earlier this winter. The 28-year-old Shreve came to the Cards as part of the now-lopsided deal that sent Luke Voit to the Yankees last summer. Over the past four seasons, Shreve has posted a solid 3.85 ERA and missed bats (10.3 K/9), but he’s also been far too prone to walks (4.7 BB/9) and home runs (1.8 HR/9) for either the Yankees or Cardinals to deem him a reliable bullpen option. Furthermore, he’s not a candidate for a more specialized role, as left-handed opponents have been even more successful against Shreve (.248/.335/.444) than right-handed opponents have been (.222/.316/.430).
- The Blue Jays reportedly agreed to acquire minor league outfielder Jordan Patterson from the Reds — a move that was prompted by injuries to Dalton Pompey and Jonathan Davis, as Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet explains. The 27-year-old Patterson received a bit of MLB experience with the Rockies back in 2016 but has spent the bulk of the past three seasons with Colorado’s Triple-A affiliate. The Reds inked him to a minor league pact back in December, but he never stood much of a chance of cracking the roster by the time Spring Training rolled around. Patterson hit .271/.367/.525 in Triple-A last year and owns a lifetime .282/.363/.516 slash in 1517 plate appearances at that level, making him a solid fill-in option to help round out the Jays’ Triple-A roster. Presumably, for a transaction of small magnitude, the Jays are merely sending cash to Cincinnati in return.
Jordan Patterson is holding my RF character in the minors with his good performance for the Rockies in 2018. (MLB the Show 18) I’m too broke for 19 right now.
I bought it and it is AWESOME!!!
Best show since 16 hands down. So glad they bounced back after 18
Yeah they definitely did a lot to improve the game thankfully. visually maybe the best one yet
I hope so, I usually buy them after the season, and 18 really sucks. It took almost a season to get my power high enough with a somewhat power oriented archetype to hit 20+ homers. In 16 I had no clue what I was doing and hit 50 in the minors.
Did they give any attention to Franchise mode? That’s all I play and sadly they’ve ignored it for years.
More of the same. They added in-season contract extensions, but that’s it.
That’s actually a big thing I’ve been wanting for a long time, so I’m glad they did that! It’s something anyways.
Don’t feel too bad – I’m still playing The Show: 15 on my PS3. Probably won’t even bother upgrading for another few years at least either.
I’m still playing mlb2k13 so it could be worse
MLB2k11 anyone?
Triple Play 2002
Every team has had multiple guys who have come up to the big leagues and raked without any explanation why from their minor league career. From time to time they’ve caught lightening in a bottle but most fall back closer to projections. Let’s at least entertain the possibility of Voit not being that great. Maybe I’m not saying he hasn’t earned a chance on some level but if you’re relying on him I think that’s a mistake
Avenge the Fallen!
i don’t understand the waiver system: I’m surprised Chasen Shreve passed through waivers. Even PIT, LAA, SDP… Is he that big of a bust?
I’m not convinced he’s done in STL.
He has great stuff, if he can work through it a bit in Memphis, he could make his way back to the 40 man
Sorry I don’t see what you see Jfactor…he has been horrible…plus no velocity…I understand completely why he passed through waivers…
Could have something to do with the 11K/9 he had at the major league level juxtaposed with his seemingly flukey HR/FB issues in that same time frame. He does have good enough stuff to be more than a LOOGY. Most LHP also don’t throw particularly hard and his FB sits in that 91-93mph range, which is above average for his handedness.
Teams must have thought he wasn’t worth $900,000 and a 40 Man roster spot.
At some point, it isn’t about “bust or not”. It’s about is he worth the money/spot.
Any particular reason why Patterson has never been given a real shot at the MLB level? I know the PCL is a hitter-friendly league for the most part, however he’s performed well. Hopefully he performs in a tougher environment in Buffalo and the Int’l League. I like this pickup by the Jays.
Ya you have to imagine hitting in the most hitter friendly park in a hitter friendly league had a lot to do with it.