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Padres Designate Sean Gallagher For Assignment

By Mark Polishuk [July 1 at 6:17pm CST]

Reliever Sean Gallagher has been designated for assignment by the Padres, tweets Dan Hayes of the North County Times. Gallagher's roster spot is being taken by Tim Stauffer, who was activated from the disabled list.

 

Gallagher has a 5.40 ERA in 15 appearances with San Diego this season and a career ERA of 5.57 in 60 appearances (23 of them starts) with the Padres, Athletics and Cubs since 2007. He joined the Padres last season as the player to be named later in the Scott Hairston trade and lost a spring training bid to be part of San Diego's rotation.

 

The right-hander has battled a number of injuries over the last few seasons so the jury is still out on whether or not he can effectively contribute to a major league staff. MLB.com's Corey Brock (who was the first to note that Gallagher wasn't on the Padres' roster today) predicts that Gallagher will be claimed by another team before the 10-day waiver period is up.

 

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[CubsInNC]

Is it all injury related? I thought he was a good/decent prospect at once, and yes, they do flame out. But was his weakness finally found, or is he looking at lingering injury/recovery related issues? Wish nothing but the best for the kid.

[questionmarkgrace]

another victim of the cubs hype machine. They are piling up these days.

[Guest]

I doubt Mr. Gallagher ever reads the forum anymore, but if you happen upon the thread please pass on my wishes that Sean catches on somewhere. He always seemed like a great kid.

[erik316wttn]

When we traded him to Oakland I thought he would do at least halfway decent.

 

He seemed like a good kid. I wish him all the best.

[dew1679666265]

another victim of the cubs hype machine. They are piling up these days.

 

There's no hype in a 2.82 ERA/1.2 WHIP/510:198 K:BB in 7 minor league seasons. He had very good minor league numbers. They just haven't translated yet.

[17 Seconds]

I don't think Billy Beane is a very good GM. He's made a lot of bad moves the past few years.

[17 Seconds]

another victim of the cubs hype machine. They are piling up these days.

 

No.

[Tracer Bullet]

another victim of the cubs hype machine. They are piling up these days.

 

who, the As? who is the victim? certainly not the players.

[Sammy Sofa]

What the hell is the Cubs' hype machine?

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't think Billy Beane is a very good GM. He's made a lot of bad moves the past few years.

 

He's won more than Jim Hendry with far less resources, whether you just count the Hendry era or include Beane's time pre-Hendry (when he blew Hendry out of the water).

[Guest]

I don't think Billy Beane is a very good GM. He's made a lot of bad moves the past few years.

I think he may be a good leader who got the best out of the braintrust he had with him when Sandy left. But as those bright lieutenants left for other teams and bigger jobs, he didn't bring in the right people to help him make the hard decisions.

 

Meh, who knows. Just a theory.

[Athletics36]

I doubt Mr. Gallagher ever reads the forum anymore, but if you happen upon the thread please pass on my wishes that Sean catches on somewhere. He always seemed like a great kid.

 

As a matter of fact I still do visit this website. It was just a matter of time till this move was made and hopefully better things lay ahead for Sean. I will say that I've never agreed that Sean was a relief pitcher and hopefully within the next ten days another team will feel the same. Sean needs consistent innings from a team thats going to give him the ball every 5th day. I will pass along the kind words and thanks.

[JimSorgi]

What the hell is the Cubs' hype machine?

It's a machine that controls the internet. It edits scouting reports and minor league stats to make the Cubs prospects look good. It even brainwashed poor Billy Beane. It's pretty badass.

[ScrubMD]

What the hell is the Cubs' hype machine?

It's a machine that controls the internet. It edits scouting reports and minor league stats to make the Cubs prospects look good. It even brainwashed poor Billy Beane. It's pretty badass.

 

Word on the street is that it even has racing stripes and a spoiler.

[questionmarkgrace]

I guess what I meant is that our prospects do great get hyped and fold under the pressure of the expectations or better yet somehow put up phenomenal numbers in the minors with significant holes in their game (lack of control, can't hit a breaking ball cant play any sort of defense etc.) and therefore can't live up to the hype. Its nothing intentional just something that continues to happen to young cubs.

[Guest]

I guess what I meant is that our prospects do great get hyped and fold under the pressure of the expectations or better yet somehow put up phenomenal numbers in the minors with significant holes in their game (lack of control, can't hit a breaking ball cant play any sort of defense etc.) and therefore can't live up to the hype. Its nothing intentional just something that continues to happen to young cubs.

I know what you mean. I really wish that guys like Wood, Prior, Zambrano & such would have been able to contribute in the bigs in some meaningful way.

[JimSorgi]

I guess what I meant is that our prospects do great get hyped and fold under the pressure of the expectations or better yet somehow put up phenomenal numbers in the minors with significant holes in their game (lack of control, can't hit a breaking ball cant play any sort of defense etc.) and therefore can't live up to the hype. Its nothing intentional just something that continues to happen to young cubs.

so you're saying my machine is a lot cooler than yours

[dew1679666265]

I guess what I meant is that our prospects do great get hyped and fold under the pressure of the expectations or better yet somehow put up phenomenal numbers in the minors with significant holes in their game (lack of control, can't hit a breaking ball cant play any sort of defense etc.) and therefore can't live up to the hype. Its nothing intentional just something that continues to happen to young cubs.

 

I don't think that's confined to the Cubs only at all. Every team has players that take advantage of minor league pitching/hitters and put up huge minor league numbers but then don't translate the success to the majors.

[Guest]

I doubt Mr. Gallagher ever reads the forum anymore, but if you happen upon the thread please pass on my wishes that Sean catches on somewhere. He always seemed like a great kid.

 

As a matter of fact I still do visit this website. It was just a matter of time till this move was made and hopefully better things lay ahead for Sean. I will say that I've never agreed that Sean was a relief pitcher and hopefully within the next ten days another team will feel the same. Sean needs consistent innings from a team thats going to give him the ball every 5th day. I will pass along the kind words and thanks.

Excellent to hear from you again! Hope things turn up for Sean soon.

[Sammy Sofa]

I guess what I meant is that our prospects do great get hyped and fold under the pressure of the expectations or better yet somehow put up phenomenal numbers in the minors with significant holes in their game (lack of control, can't hit a breaking ball cant play any sort of defense etc.) and therefore can't live up to the hype. Its nothing intentional just something that continues to happen to young cubs.

 

Most prospects don't live up to the hype or expectations people have of them.

[hardcorecubfan]

What the hell is the Cubs' hype machine?

 

"Cory Patterson 5 tool guy"

 

Enough said!

[Sammy Sofa]

That wasn't something "created" by the Cubs. Corey was a highly regarded prospect around baseball.

[Guest]

That wasn't something "created" by the Cubs. Corey was a highly regarded prospect around baseball.

 

The Cubs forced Baseball America at gunpoint to rank him the 2nd best prospect in baseball.

[Sammy Sofa]

That wasn't something "created" by the Cubs. Corey was a highly regarded prospect around baseball.

 

The Cubs forced Baseball America at gunpoint to rank him the 2nd best prospect in baseball.

 

The Cubs' hype machine shows no mercy.