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Per Bruce Miles tweet. Thanks for playing Doug. Let the revolving door of fecal matter keep-a-turning.

 

Well, Darwin's back, so it certainly is.

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Per Bruce Miles tweet. Thanks for playing Doug. Let the revolving door of fecal matter keep-a-turning.

 

Well, Darwin's back, so it certainly is.

 

I have no beef with Barney. He is what he is, a decent backup MI with an OK bat. I like to think that someone like LeMahieu or Flaherty will be given a look to be the full time 2B next year though.

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I'm sure this isn't the first, but this is the only time that I remember the Cubs releasing someone right after a terrible outing.
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Please let Grabow be next.

 

The real travesty of John Grabow: looking at his 7.5 mil contract on BBR, it is spread out so he got 2.7 last year and 4.8 this year. Thats right, were paying 4.8 mil for a loogy who cant get lefties, or anyone else for that matter out, and damned if anyone trades us so much as a garbage bag full of used diapers and kitty litter for the guy.

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I'm sure this isn't the first, but this is the only time that I remember the Cubs releasing someone right after a terrible outing.

 

Scott Eyre maybe?

 

If im remembering correctly, Scott Eyre was dumped fresh off the DL.

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TheScore talked about Hendry mentioning today that David reached 10 years of service a couple days ago - thereby implying that the Cubs did him a favor by keeping him past his anniversary so he gets full pension benefits. Apparently a player with 10 years of service time gets a six-figure pension when they reach age 62.
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TheScore talked about Hendry mentioning today that David reached 10 years of service a couple days ago - thereby implying that the Cubs did him a favor by keeping him past his anniversary so he gets full pension benefits. Apparently a player with 10 years of service time gets a six-figure pension when they reach age 62.

 

A veteran like Davis probably has too much pride to want to keep going out there and get crushed every fifth day. I am sure that as much as anything Davis went to Hendry after the 10 year service time passed and asked to be put out of his misery. I guess Rodrigo Lopez goes in the rotation for now. Don't really see any better options in the minors that are ready to go.

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TheScore talked about Hendry mentioning today that David reached 10 years of service a couple days ago - thereby implying that the Cubs did him a favor by keeping him past his anniversary so he gets full pension benefits. Apparently a player with 10 years of service time gets a six-figure pension when they reach age 62.

 

A veteran like Davis probably has too much pride to want to keep going out there and get crushed every fifth day. I am sure that as much as anything Davis went to Hendry after the 10 year service time passed and asked to be put out of his misery. I guess Rodrigo Lopez goes in the rotation for now. Don't really see any better options in the minors that are ready to go.

 

not that he didnt need to go, because he certainly did. But I was amazed at how well he pitched against the yankees. Based off of that start alone he will probably get picked up by someone seeking depth.

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TheScore talked about Hendry mentioning today that David reached 10 years of service a couple days ago - thereby implying that the Cubs did him a favor by keeping him past his anniversary so he gets full pension benefits. Apparently a player with 10 years of service time gets a six-figure pension when they reach age 62.

 

Yes, unless it has changed very recently, 10 years is the full vesting time for MLB pensions. So making it to 10 years is very important for players.

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I couldn't understand why the Cubs were letting Davis make his past 4-5 starts. Thought the experiment should've ended a few weeks ago. The I found out he got his 10 years. Kudos to the Cubs....classy move! :good:
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I couldn't understand why the Cubs were letting Davis make his past 4-5 starts. Thought the experiment should've ended a few weeks ago. The I found out he got his 10 years. Kudos to the Cubs....classy move! :good:

 

Thanks for pointing that out, too bad it wasn't right after his only win of the year so he could leave on a very happy note and we could even be happy about it

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I'd imagine Davis's release had a lot more to do with his pathetic performance vs. Lopez's somewhat not awful performance and the need for only one terrible starter going forward rather than his reaching exactly 10 years.

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