Reds minor league transactions

by Thundering Turtle on Aug 6, 2008 8:51 PM EDT

From Baseball America:

Cincinnati Reds
Signed: SS Darrick Hale (NDFA—Cal State Los Angeles)
Released: OF Tom Collaro
Placed on suspended list: LHP Shea Snowden
Optioned to Triple-A: RHP Todd Coffey, 2B Danny Richar
Reinstated from DL: LHP Drew Bowman, LHP Tzu-Kai Chiu, 3B Aaron Herr, OF Drew Anderson
Placed on temporarily inactive list: RHP Will Hudgens, RHP Marcus McBeth, LHP Alexander Smit (Dutch Olympic team), SS Yen-Wen Kuo (Taiwanese Olympic team), OF Andrew Means
Reinstated from inactive list: C Petr Cech, OF Sean Henry

Also, Tom Shearn signed with the Twins and Josh Hall with the Rockies.

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questions

is the korean season over? is that why lehr and shearn both came back to the US?

what’s up with marcus mcbeth? i liked him.

has reds fandom ceased to exist? ( i understand if the answer is yes. why is it so different this year? has our patience just run out?)

Sigh...

by Daedalus on Aug 6, 2008 10:16 PM EDT 0 recs

No I don't think it worked out for either of those guys

1. They refused to eat Rat Meat
2. They confused Koreans with the Chinese
3. They drove Japanese cars
4. They didn’t get invited to the Yoo Ye-eun recital

5. their pitching sucked

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.
Dusty Baker

by Madville on Aug 6, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up 0 recs

Shearn and Lehr were both released

Basically, because they sucked.

Demian Blue has been reporting on it.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Aug 7, 2008 7:31 AM EDT up 0 recs

Not minor league related, but

apparently the Reds asked for Ryan Spilborghs in return for Josh Fogg. This from the Rocky Mountain News:

The trade dead has passed but teams are still looking for help. The Rockies wouldn’t mind adding a starting pitching, but they weren’t about to overpay so they didn’t get anything done by Thursday’s deadline.

Faced it. When Cincinnati wants Ryan Spilborghs for Josh Fogg, the no thanks comes easy. Fogg may be a popular figure in the Rockies clubhouse, but good guys only go so far. Spilborghs is popular, too, and he’s a consistent contributor, when he is healthy.

We Are ... Marshall!

by Thundering Turtle on Aug 7, 2008 12:30 PM EDT 0 recs