Gausman claimed by the Reds per Passan

[Chico]

That was unexpected

[sturg33]

[Southcack77]

wow.

I thought he might be non-tendered before arb, but certainly not released.

[thewupk]

Well that was sooner than expected. I guess Folty will be back against the Twins?

[CyYoung31]

Wait...I thought waivers didn’t exist anymore after July 31?

[msstate7]

Let that be a lesson to all... 1 more K with the game on the line, and you gone Duvall. One more BS, and you gone Greene. One more... well, you get it

Haha

[nsacpi]

I thought one of Gausman or Teheran would be moved or not brought back this off-season. Guess its Gausman. So we save about 3M.

He might have helped us in the pen in September/October.

[CJ9]

Likely was a DFA this offseason anyway, but it's more money off the books for this offseason.

[msstate7]

Wait...I thought waivers didn’t exist anymore after July 31?

Guess just the trading part. Can't receive anything back for him, maybe?

[CyYoung31]

How was Gausman claimed off waivers after July 31?

[thewupk]

Wait...I thought waivers didn’t exist anymore after July 31?

You just can't work out a trade. He was straight claimed.

[CyYoung31]

Non-trade waivers, I see. Huh.

[thewupk]

How was Gausman claimed off waivers after July 31?

We put him on waivers and the Reds claimed him.

[CyYoung31]

You just can't work out a trade. He was straight claimed.

I wonder if we can exploit this to take a flier on a struggling outfielder or one that a team doesn’t want to pay for the rest of the season.

[Super]

this is really surprising.

[jpx7]

Damn, that escalated quickly.

[thewupk]

I wonder if we can exploit this to take a flier on a struggling outfielder or one that a team doesn’t want to pay for the rest of the season.

I'm sure we are looking

[nsacpi]

Let that be a lesson to all... 1 more K with the game on the line, and you gone Duvall. One more BS, and you gone Greene. One more... well, you get it

Haha

Shane Greene you're next!

[CJ9]

Wonder if there was something going on that we don't know about -- maybe clubhouse issues with him or he was refusing to adapt/pitch the way the front office wanted? This just feels really drastic without even trying him in the pen.

[UNCBlue012]

Well, Folty is back to start tomorrow. Hopefully, this is the beginning of good things!

I'm grateful for Gausman's second half, but man he was woeful this year.

Still better than Bumgarner ;)