But Jerome performed so badly this year he was bumped down to mostly AAA releiving. He went from an every 5th day starter we needed to a AAA reliever in such a short time there is no way Hendry could have traded him for value. hendry can't force a team to give up a something for someone. i can guarentee that if he had been left rostered and a minor leaguer was exposed to Rule 5 and taken by another team, there would be the same number of posts "why is williams on the roster???" There are plenty of reasons to be angry and Jim Hendry, I just don't think this is one of them.