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[Chris B]

@Orioles: The Orioles have reinstated INF Ryan Flaherty from the 15-day disabled list and have designated OF Alejandro De Aza for assignment.

[DuffMan]

Flaherty off the DL and Alejandro DFA'd, per Scott Garceau FB page.  Did not see this one coming.  I would've kept him over Everth myself. 

[Matt_P]

Whoa, right?

[DuffMan]

ChrisB beat me to it, can the mods merge this thread please?

[NewMarketSean]

Such a shame. Was a God send in 2014.

 

He'll probably clear waivers, though.

[Russ]

Like seeing the O's making changes and not being satisfied with the season to date. Lavarnway yesterday, De Aza today. There's more coming I'd imagine.

[SammyBirdland]

[bnickle]

Not that surprising. I thought it would be Lough over De Aza due to money. Had way too many OFers, especially considering Cabrera can play out there. Flaherty and Davis could too if needed.

[glenn__davis]

I believe a very intelligent poster suggested this in last night's game thread.  I'd have to look back to see who it was though,

[SportsGuy]

He never should have been on the team with Lough being here for a lot less money.

[bnickle]

Yet another sign of DDs poor off-season. What are we paying him again?? 5+ mil?? Add that on to Matusz (who could be DFA at some point) 3 mil . Hunter is not pitching well and making 4+ mil. You obviously are trying to penny pinch, yet you overpay guys like this.

[SportsGuy]

So, we could have non tendered him and still kept that pick, Webb and save over 2 million.

But what we did was much better!

[bnickle]

I believe a very intelligent poster suggested this in last night's game thread. I'd have to look back to see who it was though,

It was obvious an OF was going to be DFA. They chose Lough over De Aza despite paying him 5+ mil. Pearce, Snider, and Young were not realistic options to be DFA. It came down to these two.

[Mackus]

At least they aren't holding onto their mistakes.  Better to move on a try to fix mistakes then keep putting square pegs in round holes.  Better yet to have not made these obvious mistakes, but that shipped sailed back at the non-tender deadline (well, we could've traded Norris at any point before ST and gotten something useful).

[SportsGuy]

This team did such an awful depth managing the depth in the offseason.

Moves like this were always inevitable.

I'm glad they kept Lough..more service time, better player, cheaper, etc...

[Mackus]

Wouldn't be shocked if they can find a trade partner for him and not be on the hook for the entire remainder of his contract.  They'll eat some of it, but I think they can get someone else to take a chance on him for a million or so.

[SportsGuy]

I'm glad Flaherty is back.

[bnickle]

BTW. Cabrera and his 2.5 mil contract could eventually be another DFA candidate. The fact that there is so much money wrapped up into these DFA candidates tells you how piss poor DD was this off-season. Unacceptable.

[bnickle]

Wouldn't be shocked if they can find a trade partner for him and not be on the hook for the entire remainder of his contract. They'll eat some of it, but I think they can get someone else to take a chance on him for a million or so.

I'm not buying that. We will be on the hook for everything. He'll pass through waivers, decline his assignment and be released. That's when some team Will take a shot on him.

[bnickle]

This team did such an awful depth managing the depth in the offseason.

Moves like this were always inevitable.

I'm glad they kept Lough..more service time, better player, cheaper, etc...

And you can't tell me DDs situation had nothing to with his ability to do his job to the best of his ability this off-season. How much of a distraction we don't know, but it obviously was one. That's like a bat signal to Shack, but I don't give a crap. Eventually, he'll admit it.