Wood Activated, Eyre DFA'd

[Keener98]

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.

 

 

Steve Stones a blowhard

[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.

 

 

Steve Stones a blowhard

 

Agreed. But it sounded like he was just relaying facts rather than opinions in this case....and for a change.

[Keener98]

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.

 

 

Steve Stones a blowhard

 

Agreed. But it sounded like he was just relaying facts rather than opinions in this case....and for a change.

 

It just pisses me off that he always throws out accusations about stuff, but then says"I cant say anything more". Then dont even bring it up jackass.

[Illini Iceman]

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?

 

Lieber will be back soon so he can be the combo with Harden. Marshall may even go back down at that point for a couple weeks until rosters expand. Don't see much harm in this. Lou had lost all faith so he was only going to pitch in the biggest blowout games making it a waste of a roster spot to have him on the team. Not sure how much market there is for Eyre. Hendry was probably trying to just about give him away at the trading deadline and obviously didn't find any takers.

[Wilson A2000]

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.

 

I was hoping he would be the left-hander out of the pen that the Cubs needed. In the second half last year, Eyre has 30 appearances and have up two runs in one appearance. That was it.

[Wilson A2000]

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.

 

With wavers, does each team starting with the worst get a chance at trading for him or just acquiring him? If say the Brewers want him, if the Cubs reject their offer, Eyre can't go to the next team can he because it is one-shot opportunity?

[Andy]

Should've sent down Marshall. If you need a 'piggybacker' for Harden, we have at least two other solid options in the current pen besides Sean (Samardzija and Gaudin). There was no reason to get rid of one of the relievers who's actually pretty good at his job.

[rawaction]

Should've sent down Marshall. If you need a 'piggybacker' for Harden, we have at least two other solid options in the current pen besides Sean (Samardzija and Gaudin). There was no reason to get rid of one of the relievers who's actually pretty good at his job.

 

Gaudin and Samardzija should be setup men, taking Howry out of that role.

[brinoch]

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.

 

That's not quite correct: once you clear Major League Waivers, you are clear and can be traded. The revocable part of the waiver request process only comes into play if someone had claimed the waived player within 3 business days. If he's claimed and you don't want that team to acquire said player, you can revoke the waiver. However, any further waiver requests for that player are not revocable.

 

In Eyre's case, he has cleared waivers -- no one placed a claim on him within 3 business days. That means the Cubs can freely trade him. Eyre would only have to go through the waiver process again if a team had placed a claim on him and the Cubs had revoked their waiver request.

[Andy]

Should've sent down Marshall. If you need a 'piggybacker' for Harden, we have at least two other solid options in the current pen besides Sean (Samardzija and Gaudin). There was no reason to get rid of one of the relievers who's actually pretty good at his job.

 

Gaudin and Samardzija should be setup men, taking Howry out of that role.

Marmol's already a setup man...how many do we really need? Could've had Eyre, Marmol AND Shark/Gaudin as setup men and had the other of Shark/Gaudin piggyback Harden while Marshall gets stretched out.

 

This isn't wildly important now, but I fear the day a Cubs starting pitcher gets hurt late in the season too late to get Marshall ready to replace him, and you know what that would mean...

[brinoch]

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.

 

With wavers, does each team starting with the worst get a chance at trading for him or just acquiring him? If say the Brewers want him, if the Cubs reject their offer, Eyre can't go to the next team can he because it is one-shot opportunity?

 

In Eyre's case, everyone has already passed on claiming him so he can't be acquired unless the Cubs trade or release him.

 

Every team in baseball gets a chance to make a claim. Who actually gets the players is determined as follows:

1. If there is only one claim, the player goes to that team.

2. If there is more than one claim from teams in the same league, precedence is given to the team currently lower in the standings.

3. If there is more than one claim from in different leagues, teams in the same league as the waiving team have priority over all teams in the other league.

 

So, for example, say the Cubs request waivers for Bob Howry. He is published on the requests for waivers list, and teams have 3 business days to make a claim.

 

1. One team makes a claim: the San Francisco Giants. Howry is assigned to the Giants.

2. Two teams make a claim: the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres. The Padres receive Howry because they are lower in the standings.

3. Two teams make a claim: the Milwaukee Brewers and the Seattle Mariners. The Brewers would receive Howry because they are in the same league.

[NCCubFan]

Marmol's already a setup man.

Not right now he isn't.

[Andy]

Marmol's already a setup man.

Not right now he isn't.

For about two more days he's a co-closer. He probably won't even pitch again in that role as I'd imagine Samardzija, who hasn't pitched the last two games, gets the save opportunity tomorrow if there is one. It would appear that Lou will probably have Wood be the closer again in time for STL this weekend.

[erik316wttn]

I'd have DFA'd Marquis and moved Marshall to the rotation myself, but whatever.

[dew1679666265]

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.

 

A couple of years too long? He was signed to a three year deal, he posted a 119 and 128 ERA+ in the first two years.

 

He posted a 4.91 ERA in 35 games for the Cubs in 2005 and was cut. Would you have preferred he be cut in 2004 when he posted a 3.44 ERA?

 

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.

 

Agreed on JoBo, though I don't feel Eyre was a mistake. A 137 and 113 ERA+ in his first two years are pretty solid. This year was pretty terrible, but like others have said it was severely marred by injuries.

 

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

 

So you'll give Hendry credit for cutting a player and getting nothing, but won't give him credit for trading an unproductive player and getting something for him?

 

I fail to see the solid logic in that. Perhaps I misunderstand.

[dew1679666265]

I'd have DFA'd Marquis and moved Marshall to the rotation myself, but whatever.

 

I'm not a big fan of DFA'ing Eyre myself, but DFA'ing Marquis isn't the best of ideas at this point either.

 

Marquis has been very average for us this season (fine for a 5th starter) and Marshall will take a few starts to get stretched out anyway. Not worth it to lose an average starter.

[fromthestretch]

Listening to the Phillies game on XM, and it sounds like they just acquired Eyre from the Cubs for some minor league pitcher. I didn't catch the name.

[Tracer Bullet]

Listening to the Phillies game on XM, and it sounds like they just acquired Eyre from the Cubs for some minor league pitcher. I didn't catch the name.

 

http://sportscomplex.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/2008/08/07/scott-eyre-is-a-phillie/

 

Brian Schlitter

[UMFan83]

Cubs must not think much of Eyre if they are trading him to a team we might see in the playoffs. Odd move.

[Derwood]

Listening to the Phillies game on XM, and it sounds like they just acquired Eyre from the Cubs for some minor league pitcher. I didn't catch the name.

 

http://sportscomplex.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/2008/08/07/scott-eyre-is-a-phillie/

 

Brian Schlitter

 

that's an unfortunate name

[UMFan83]

Schlitter played for the High A Clearwater team.

 

34 G

2.20 ERA

4W - 3L

6 SV

21 BB

58K

 

Used almost solely in relief. Here's what a Phillies blog wrote about him on draft day last year:

 

Teammates Oliver Marmol and Brian Schlitter are also considered eighth- to 12th-round talents. Schlitter has a power arm (he touched 93 mph this season) but he’s inconsistent, with fringy secondary stuff and a poor delivery.

[CUBBIEblue16]

Schlitter is from Chicago, Went to Maine South High school. I played little league with him. He was hitting low 80's as a 11 year old. I happened to be his catcher back in the day, I seemed to be the only 11 yr old able to.

[UMFan83]

Schlitter is from Chicago, Went to Maine South High school. I played little league with him. He was hitting low 80's as a 11 year old. I happened to be his catcher back in the day, I seemed to be the only 11 yr old able to.

 

Interesting stuff.

[CUBBIEblue16]

As far as high school goes, he was never that dominant. He pitched against my high school team and we roughed him up somewhat. He does throw hard though, walked a ton of guys and also hit a lot of batters.

[abuck1220]

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

 

looks like someone is taking on that salary.