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Transaction Oracle— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Braves - DLed Chipper, Demoted Devine
Atlanta Braves - Placed 3B Chipper Jones on the 15-day DL; optioned P Joey Devine to Richmond; purchased the contract of P Peter Moylan
Chipper initially thought he had torn his ACL again, which amazingly would only be the second earliest in a season he’s torn it. Luckily, the word is that it’s just a sprain and since we’re not talking about the Cubs, I’ll choose to believe the team for now. Stubbornly insisting that Wilson Betemit is a backup player helps the Braves here as he’ll fill in adequately at 3rd for a few weeks, provided that it’s not a long-term issue.
Seeing Peter Moylan is quite a surprise. As far as I can tell, his sole qualification is that he pitched well against Venezuela (thus making him deadly against a team run by Omar Minaya?). Moylan’s last foray into American professional baseball was nearly a decade ago with the Twins. Prior to the 4 innings he’s pitched for Richmond this year, of course. If Moylan succeeds, it’ll be the story of the year, but if you have to pick someone to be this year’s recipient of the Lino Urdaneta Award (finishing their career with an undefined ERA), the wild sidearming Aussie is as good a pick as any.
Dan Szymborski
Posted: April 11, 2006 at 10:58 PM | 6 comment(s)
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1. The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) Posted: April 11, 2006 at 11:50 PM (#1956605)-- MWE
I thought Dan was dead
I guess we know where he got that from. (Note: I know his dad was actually a decent hitter for a catcher in a crappy offensive era, but it's just funny because I always thought his dad was good field, no hit until I learned about ERA+).
It's too bad. If rosters were still constructed like they were in the 70s (10 man staffs, so two more bench spots), he would have had plenty of work as the defensive replacement utility guy. Remember all those baseball cards with the position "2B/SS"? That would have been him.
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