Wood Activated, Eyre DFA'd

[CUBZ99]

If Eyre wanted to, could he accept the assignment and go to Iowa until September 1st?

 

Or would the MLBPA prevent him from doing that?

 

I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors.

 

Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process.

 

Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers.

 

Why? A left-handed pitcher with 2 months left on his deal, and has possibilities of helping a ballclub. There are several bullpen starved teams who would make a claim. There's very little risk in that move for them.

 

Cause he sucks? Not too many teams are going to be looking for a relief pitcher sporting a 1.68 WHIP this year and a 1.80 WHIP last year. Eyre should have been dumped a long time ago. The only reason he was still around was because he was a LHP.

[B]

If Eyre wanted to, could he accept the assignment and go to Iowa until September 1st?

 

Or would the MLBPA prevent him from doing that?

 

I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors.

 

Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process.

 

Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers.

 

Why? A left-handed pitcher with 2 months left on his deal, and has possibilities of helping a ballclub. There are several bullpen starved teams who would make a claim. There's very little risk in that move for them.

 

Cause he sucks? Not too many teams are going to be looking for a relief pitcher sporting a 1.68 WHIP this year and a 1.80 WHIP last year. Eyre should have been dumped a long time ago. The only reason he was still around was because he was a LHP.

Ever heard of Jeff Fassero?

[Jehrico]

If Eyre wanted to, could he accept the assignment and go to Iowa until September 1st?

 

Or would the MLBPA prevent him from doing that?

 

I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors.

 

Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process.

 

Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers.

 

Why? A left-handed pitcher with 2 months left on his deal, and has possibilities of helping a ballclub. There are several bullpen starved teams who would make a claim. There's very little risk in that move for them.

 

Cause he sucks? Not too many teams are going to be looking for a relief pitcher sporting a 1.68 WHIP this year and a 1.80 WHIP last year. Eyre should have been dumped a long time ago. The only reason he was still around was because he was a LHP.

Eyre sucked the first half of last year because they wouldn't let him take his ADD meds. When they let him start taking them again, he was solid in the second half. His numbers suck this year due to a couple of bad outings where he was hurt combined with a small sample size.

 

Eyre >>>> Howry right now. They're shipping the wrong pitcher out.

[Jehrico]

If Eyre wanted to, could he accept the assignment and go to Iowa until September 1st?

 

Or would the MLBPA prevent him from doing that?

 

I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors.

 

Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process.

 

Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers.

100% chance someone does.

[ChiCubsFan]

Hasn't Eyre already cleared waivers (according to Jim Hendry)?

[CubColtPacer]

Hasn't Eyre already cleared waivers (according to Jim Hendry)?

 

He probably has. Those are revocable waivers though and most players can get through those. It's a lot different to be able to get through waivers when the Cubs don't have the option of pulling him back, which will be the case the next time he goes through the waiver process.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I hate that Eyre was DFA'ed. Looking through the game logs show he wasn't that bad outside a couple of outings.

 

We could have sent Marshall down to start a few times over the next 28 days and then had the extra depth for September. I'm not happy with this move.

[SAMMYWHO]

At least Hendry got rid of one of his signings. That might be a first. As far as Howry or Eyre. They're in the same boat in my opinion, I guess the Cubs have a little more faith in Howry turning it around than Eyre.

[JeffH]

If Eyre wanted to, could he accept the assignment and go to Iowa until September 1st?

 

Or would the MLBPA prevent him from doing that?

 

I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors.

 

Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process.

 

Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers.

100% chance someone does.

 

Shall I say it again for emphasis?

 

No one is going to take on a $1+ million commitment for two months of a mediocre (at best) relief pitcher who has a very real chance of being horrible.

[killthegoat06]

I'm annoyed by this. Eyre would be a better 8th arm in the playoff bullpen than Marquis. I'd just send Marshall down to start in the minors to be ready when Marquis implodes.

[Derwood]

If Eyre wanted to, could he accept the assignment and go to Iowa until September 1st?

 

Or would the MLBPA prevent him from doing that?

 

I think you have to use the DFA method and expose him to waivers in order to get him to the minors.

 

Eyre will be traded, probably for a PTBNL in the next 10 days. If not, somebody will claim him in the waiver process.

 

Zero chance anyone claims Scott Eyre off waivers.

100% chance someone does.

 

Shall I say it again for emphasis?

 

No one is going to take on a $1+ million commitment for two months of a mediocre (at best) relief pitcher who has a very real chance of being horrible.

 

sure they will

[SouthSideRyan]

At least Hendry got rid of one of his signings. That might be a first. As far as Howry or Eyre. They're in the same boat in my opinion, I guess the Cubs have a little more faith in Howry turning it around than Eyre.

 

Remlinger and JoBo were both DFAd. Hawkins was dumped in a trade. Sosa was dumped in a trade. Jacque Jones was dumped in a trade. Hendry's had no problem dumping players if he didn't feel they were productive.

 

And regarding Eyre being an 8th pitcher in postseason, teams pretty much never take 8 bullpen arms to the postseason. 11 man staffs are the standard. You never have a use for an 8th guy out of the bullpen with all the off days.

[SAMMYWHO]

At least Hendry got rid of one of his signings. That might be a first. As far as Howry or Eyre. They're in the same boat in my opinion, I guess the Cubs have a little more faith in Howry turning it around than Eyre.

 

Remlinger and JoBo were both DFAd. Hawkins was dumped in a trade. Sosa was dumped in a trade. Jacque Jones was dumped in a trade. Hendry's had no problem dumping players if he didn't feel they were productive.

 

And regarding Eyre being an 8th pitcher in postseason, teams pretty much never take 8 bullpen arms to the postseason. 11 man staffs are the standard. You never have a use for an 8th guy out of the bullpen with all the off days.

 

Remmy was in the last year of a deal that was a couple years to long. He was holding on with a thread until he hurt himself in a lazy boy in the players clubhouse. He signed his own ticket out of town.

Jobo was another project that Hendry made work for awhile before returning back to normal status. Like Miller, those aren't mistakes in my opinion because no one else was fighting to sign them. Unlike Eyre who signed a three yr deal and was one of the hottest relievers of that free agent pool.

Dumping in trades is different than DFA'ing in my opinion.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

According to Bruce, Hendry said Eyre has already cleared waivers.

 

General manager Jim Hendry said Eyre cleared trade waivers, leaving the club seven days to make a deal.

 

"I think he still has the ability to help a ballclub," Hendry said.

 

 

Link.

[JeffH]

...Eyre cleared trade waivers...

 

Shocking!

[CubColtPacer]

...Eyre cleared trade waivers...

 

Shocking!

 

That was expected, and there probably were at least 10 Cubs that cleared trade waivers. That doesn't mean they'd clear release waivers.

[rchap24]

Scott got screwed around this year after being lights out last year in the 2nd half, but like he said Lou never seemed to get over it. Seems odd Lou can get over Howry sucking and continue pitching him, but not Eyre.

 

Lou really, really pisses me off sometimes. :banghead:

 

Poor Eyre I felt so bad for him he looked really devastated :bye:

[killthegoat06]

Scott got screwed around this year after being lights out last year in the 2nd half, but like he said Lou never seemed to get over it. Seems odd Lou can get over Howry sucking and continue pitching him, but not Eyre.

 

Lou really, really pisses me off sometimes. :banghead:

 

Poor Eyre I felt so bad for him he looked really devastated :bye:

HE IS SOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN HOWRY

[YearofDaCubs]

What does this have to do with Howry? They had 3 lefties in the pen, one needed to go and the decision was to DFA Eyre. Howry should be DFA'd too but that's another issue.

[SouthSideRyan]

What does this have to do with Howry? They had 3 lefties in the pen, one needed to go and the decision was to DFA Eyre. Howry should be DFA'd too but that's another issue.

 

Why did one of the lefties need to go. Not everyone who throws with his left hand is a LOOGY.

[Keener98]

In my opinion the smart move would have been to send Marshall to start in AAA and stay stretched out until rosters expand in less than 30 days.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Who knows, we may end up getting something for Eyre. Remember, we got Jose Ceda for Todd Walker and Kevin Hart(who hasnt completely discredited himself yet) for Freddy freaking Bynum, so you never know. A quality, veteran lefty will never go jobless with so many contenders in need of relief.

[CuseCubFan69]

In my opinion the smart move would have been to send Marshall to start in AAA and stay stretched out until rosters expand in less than 30 days.

 

I thought the Cubs wanted to keep the Harden/Marshall combo though?

 

I wonder if this was not just a roster issue but an issue with Eyre as well?

[Connor McConnor]

Steve Stone said on B&B today that there was an incident on a Cub charter (Plane)where Eyre was late for the plane and had to be restrained and taken to the back of the plane when he arrived. I think I heard them say the argument was with Lou. Stone hinted strongly that Eyre has off field issues of some sort.

 

Anyone else hear that interview? I was half listening.

[NCCubFan]

Steve Stone said on B&B today that there was an incident on a Cub charter (Plane)where Eyre was late for the plane and had to be restrained and taken to the back of the plane when he arrived. I think I heard them say the argument was with Lou. Stone hinted strongly that Eyre has off field issues of some sort.

 

Anyone else hear that interview? I was half listening.

I hadn't heard that, but depending on when that happened it could explain why Lou refused to use Eyre after returning from the DL until he was so rusty he was almost guaranteed to suck.