Tampa Bay Rays Claim R.J. Swindle
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 7, 2009 2:29 PM EDT
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Excuse me while I do backflips.
Swindle is a side-arming LOOGY. I've had a thing for him for a while. He's never gotten a chance in the majors but he throws a low-80s fastball, a slider and change in the low-70s, and a 'curve' in the 55-60 MPH range. In 244 lefties faced in the minors he allowed 0 home runs, walked 16, and struck out 105.
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Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
First Cormier now Swindle...hmmm what other cheap RPs did we ask for in the offseason
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by Tommy Rancel on Aug 7, 2009 2:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
minor league contracT?
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who is he replacing?
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Waiver Trade?
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hurray, more players
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Riggans to 60 day?
Its a lost season for him. 5 catchers on the 40 is a lot
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know he's reporting to Durham
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by Tommy Rancel on Aug 7, 2009 2:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
OT: ATTN MODS
Did you ban alorfi yet? If you did, you practically banned the #1 troll on mlb.com message boards.
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes.
Crediting me with the invention of the regression principle is stupid.
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but flattering
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you
I don’t want him here ever again.
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by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also in AAA only
Hes faced 119 lefties with 45 Ks and 10 BB. 38% K rate is oh so nice.
09 has been more of a struggle.
08 was K/9 to BB/9 was 15.12/1.08
09 is 9.6/4.5
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
With that change and curve, how effective could he be against righties?
So long, Sweet Lime!
by PlayOnWords on Aug 7, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fernando
03 w 3Ks in GCL yesterday
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
0-3
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet!
I don’t care if he didn’t hit, I’m stoked he’s playing.
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by Tyler on Aug 7, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He won't need to hit to steal bases in September
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And play spectacular defense.
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by Tyler on Aug 7, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, we aren't hurting as bad in that regard
Pinch Running is a real weakness
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No we're not but he's still useful.
As good as our OF defense is, he’s better, by a significantly margin than Gross or Kapler. He doesn’t have an arm, but his range is spectacular.
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by Tyler on Aug 7, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure,
with CC and Upton already out there, I’m not sure range is more important than ar in right
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Brewers are like the JV rays
They come up with good ideas but just don’t follow through all the way. They hit on a Mark DiFelice but don’t let him face lefties and then they screw over Swindle based on 6 and 2/3 major league innings.
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by Jordan M on Aug 7, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget Balfour for McClung
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by Tommy Rancel on Aug 7, 2009 2:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Brian shouse and Swindle
Sweet- they are like our triple AAA for loogys
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We had Randy Choate at AAA, too.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Aug 7, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except you can't have Stetter
Also all our outfielders named Gabe.
Seriously though, the Brewers used him as a mop-up guy and he faced a bunch of batters and got crushed. Terrible management all-around.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Aug 7, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That reminds me
can you tell me a bit of info on the brewer farm system?
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by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anything specific?
A “bit of info” is pretty open-ended.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Aug 7, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
More specifically
your pitching prospects, and any 1B prospects you have.
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by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitching is pretty thin and young, we're really heavy on position players
Jeremy Jeffress was a first-round pick and throws in the upper 90s, but has been suspended twice now for using Marijuana and is a positive test away from a lifetime ban, he’s serving a suspension right now. He’s at about AA. Zach Braddock is a hard-throwing lefty with injury problems, but as a reliever working his way back he had a 40/4 K:BB ratio in high A this year before a promotion to AA. Then you get into Evan Anundsen, Cody Scarpetta, and Wily Peralta. Anundsen threw a no-hitter at high A this year and has really good ratio and groundball numbers, but he doesn’t top 90 or so so his ceiling is lower. Peralta has been excellent at low A (a k per inning and few walks) and throws mid-90s with a good slider. Scarpetta has control problems but a really good repitoire, he’s also at low A. There’s a few AAA guys like Nick Green and Chris Cody that could be potential back-end rotation fill-ins. There’s also Amaury Rivas, at High-A, and Alexandre Periard, a groundballer who’s working back from an injury at AA now. So overall the pitching kinda sucks.
First base is kinda not a place where we have any real prospects. LaPorta was going to end up there before being traded in the Sabathia deal last summer. Some think that Mat Gamel will end up there, but I think he sticks at third. Someone would probably get moved there if Fielder leaves, though he’s under control for two more years. The system is pretty much stocked all over on the position player side, so someone will probably move there eventually.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Aug 7, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like that line:
The Brewers are like the JV rays. They come up with good ideas but just don’t follow through all the way.
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by Sky Kalkman on Aug 8, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Slightly OT: How does a waiver trade work?
I thought the deadline was 7/31? So you can still trade players? You can release a player, if someone claims him you can pull them back once and try to work out a deal, but how can you trade them past the deadline?
In theory, couldnt you release CC or a marquee player, see who claims him, then pull him back as either a major F-U or see what kind of trade you could work out?
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by Buc Wild on Aug 7, 2009 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You don't release.
You try and pass them through waivers, if someone claims them the first time, you can pull back or work out a deal, the second time they’re gone for good.
by R.J. Anderson on Aug 7, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
unfortunately I can't link from mobile
But just check insidethemajors.com and Bart Given explains it. Basically put player on waivers, if some one claims him you can pull back, or work a trade with the claiming team or just give the player’s contract to them. If he clears waivers he can be traded to any team like it was before 7/31
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by Tommy Rancel on Aug 7, 2009 2:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
So it's a way to test the waters to try and get something in return before a player is completely gone
So in Zaun’s case, the O’s said we’re passing him thru waivers, anyone want to take a run at him? Rays said sure, the O’s pulled him back and they worked out a deal for a player and money.
Sound right? Man im stoopid
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by Buc Wild on Aug 7, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
also teams put a lot of players on waivers for whatever reason
Even though they have no intent on trading him. I bet the Rays put CC, Kaz on waivers just to see what team put a claim in for future reference.
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by Tommy Rancel on Aug 7, 2009 2:58 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Neyer'd
Thanks to a BP fastball, Haeger gave up a couple of runs. His successor on the mound, Nashville’s R.J. Swindle, has been hammered in a couple of quick trials in the majors (first with the Phillies last season, then with the Brewers this season). But he’s left-handed and he throws a pitch I don’t think I’ve ever seen before, a sidearm curveball that clocks around 50 on the radar gun. You really have to see it to believe it, and I hope you get the chance (you should, based on Swindle’s numbers anyway).
So long, Sweet Lime!
by PlayOnWords on Aug 7, 2009 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That's what I've heard. I was just about to ask. Is this true?
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by Tyler on Aug 7, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is what true?
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, Yes
ZAUN
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We got him?
I didn't say I wasn't flawless, but I damn sho' don't tarnish!
by RWRays on Aug 7, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn.
I wonder who is on the list for the PTBNL?
I didn't say I wasn't flawless, but I damn sho' don't tarnish!
by RWRays on Aug 7, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Dillon?
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whee!!!!
Link from mlb trade rumors apparently PTBNL and Cash
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And also
Duemig is alive, NOT FOR LONG though....
by Some other guy who does not care on Aug 7, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone seen Swindle pitch?
If not, oh my.. he’s fun to watch, in a Dale Thayer’s mustache kind of way.
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by RATW on Aug 7, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Swindle small MLB sample
9 lefties, 3 singles, 2 K, 0 BB
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 3:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
IT'S LIKE KWANZAA IN AUGUST RIGHT NOW
THANK YOU RFO FOR ALL THE GREAT PRESENTS
I can't help that I make some things look easier than they really are.
by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Video of the 55 mph curveball here
http://www.thefightins.com/meechone/rj-swindles-curveball-doesnt-break-the-speed-limit/
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
eephus?
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Aug 7, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not enough lob to the pitch to be a full blown eephus, but it's probably got the same effect.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
by kericr on Aug 7, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez, that is slop.
I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.
by kericr on Aug 7, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh dearie dearie dear.
So long, Sweet Lime!
by PlayOnWords on Aug 7, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sucks the Yankees and Angels have so many switch hitters
Specialists lose virtually all of their utility against teams like that
I can't help that I make some things look easier than they really are.
by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 7, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harry Kalas R.I.P.
Po Pimpin'
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Aug 7, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What an incestous day for the Rays
Sign Abreu, dump Meloan, trade for Zaun
Sign Swindle, who was DFA’d following Jesus Colome’s promotion
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by FreeZorilla on Aug 7, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Have you guys even noticed that his real name is Rob J. Swindle yet?
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Aug 7, 2009 7:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a lawyer
I can't help that I make some things look easier than they really are.
by Sandy Kazmir on Aug 8, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RJ Swindle: Because two loogies just isn't enough
Vroom vroom party starter
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by Imperialism32 on Aug 7, 2009 7:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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