Reds sign Jose Arredondo.....for 2011
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 23, 2010 1:14 AM EST
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Jose Arredondo will have TJ and rehab this year for the Redlegs. His luck has just changed with him signing in the Queen city. Look at this guy's past two years.
2008
Debuts in the MLB for the California Angels with a 1.62! ERA over 61 IP and a 10-2 record. Pretty damn impressive for a rookie.
2009
Considered a contender for the for the closer job after FRod leaves for the NYM....then they sign Fuentes. And to quote Wikipedia:
Following a rough start to the 2009 season, Arredondo was optioned to the Angels' Triple-A affiliate, the Salt Lake Bees, on June 10. Soon after, an MRI revealed a sprained ligament in his elbow.
After a few sporadic appearances in July and August for the Angels, the Angels management asked Arredondo to train at the team's camp in Arizona in case he was needed for the playoffs. "Arredondo chose not to, heading home to the Dominican instead," Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett reported. "It was a decision Reagins admitted 'surprised' if not disappointed the organization." His history of elbow injury and behavior issues, "seriously dented his standing with the Angels," wrote Plunkett, "and calls into question his future with the organization."[2]
On December 10, 2009, the Angels announced that Arredondo would have elbow reconstruction is expected to miss the entire 2010 season.[3] Just two days later, on December 12, the Angels announced they would not offer Arredondo a contract for 2010.[4]
Okay that REALLY sucks... you hurt yourself AND get canned by your employer who also employs the surgeon who can fix your elbow. So now you are screwed, I mean what else could go wrong.....your unemployed and injured in a recession. Well he goes home to the Dominican and gets STABBED! IN THE SAME WEEK(Dec 17th)! He was stabbed in the left arm (he's a righty) the report say it is not serious.
Bienvenidos a Cincinnati Jose! This is obviously a low risk / high reward signing for 2011, not to mention a classy move by Walt. Jose take the year, work hard, and get healthy!
SPECIAL COMMENT FOR CALIFORNIA ANGELS
How on earth do you fire a guy two days after you tell the world he needs surgery? This is what you do, you non-tender AFTER you perform the surgery to fix him. This kid gave you guys a 1.3 WAR season for league minimum and you just cut him. (The only logic I can make from this is that Jose knew he was going to be cut and didn't trust the Angels' surgeon. He has no service time so he is very cheap, but still has upside so this makes no sense if you're California. Maybe he didn't trust them after he KNEW he was hurt and needed surgery and they didn't want to perform it until after the playoffs?)
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I call them the California Angels
kinds like Bobby Knight always calls Memphis, Memphis State.
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 23, 2010 9:37 AM EST up reply actions
I prefer
Anaheimales
I don’t argue that this is low risk.
I just don’t see the value.
Thankfully, for idiots like you, our forefathers gave us the second commandment – the right say whatever you want no matter if you’re wrong. — Unknown, for the most part
Value is a term that has lost it excitement because of places like Value City etc.
This deal is not a good value yet. but if Jose Arredondo ‘s elbow is healed and he returns to form…well then it is a steal: an excellent young pitcher that was signed for peanuts and will most likely be resign-able cheap as well and that’s where value comes into play.
Value
NOUN:
1. An amount, as of goods, services, or money, considered to be a fair and suitable equivalent for something else; a fair price or return.
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"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
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Why you gotta' knock Value City?
That place kept me in clothes through middle and high school… (might explain my dismal performance with the ladies)
"Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you!"
by "Red" Moskau on Jan 27, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
there is a value city couch in my parents family room
it is nice and comfortable.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 27, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
value city furniture isn't dead
but they might as well be. I wanted to buy a bed there last week, and they told me it would be a 12 day wait and a $99 delivery fee.
I went on overstock.com and bought the same bed for $70 less, paid no sales tax, and it is being delivered to my house for $3.
The Interwebz…that’s where you should buy your furniture!
HGTV don't do Craigslist
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Unless you're freaky ...
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-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 27, 2010 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
At least not any more.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Jan 25, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
If anyone here knows about angels its got be you Turtle
"Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs."
Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980
How long is he under the Reds' control?
"Just seeing him in uniform makes me throw up." Jack Clark on Mark McGwire's new coaching job
until he his service clock reaches 6 years
He will make league minimum this and next year, with his first year of arbitration eligibility being in 2012. He will receive 3 arbitration years, unless we do not offer him a contract (ex Gomes)
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 23, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
he's on a minor league deal
therefore he won’t get any service time in 2010.
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correction, I spoke too quickly
I guess there could be a scenario where the Reds have promised him a spot on the MLB DL so that he can earn big league service time. This might explain why he has a spring training invitation even though there is no way he’s gonna pitch.
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That ain't allowed.
From the CBA:
There shall be no assignment of a Player by a Major League Club to a Minor League club while such Player is on a Major League Disabled List; provided, however, that with the Player’s written consent, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the Association, and with the approval of the Commissioner, a Player on the
Disabled List may be assigned to a Minor League club for up to a maximum of twenty days (thirty days for pitchers) for each injury, or reoccurrence of an injury, for the purpose of rehabilitation, subject to the limits contained in Article XIII.
"You never know how you look through other people's eyes"
he is not on the disabled list right now
nobody is. They could assign him to the minors before putting him on the DL.
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Good gamble by Walt
If the guy doesn’t pan out, oh well….just a minor league deal
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
Seems like the Balfour sining.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
what about the cosineing
or the tangenting?
by 'tHan on Jan 23, 2010 7:05 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Cosine, secant, tangent, sine
3.14159!
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/throws banana cream pie at Bubba
"They're the ones that gave you the keys, they can’t get upset when you crash the car" -- 'tHan on my being a mod
hey
You keep your banana cream to yourself, you pervert!
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by BubbaFan on Jan 23, 2010 10:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
There is only one ’tHan… accept no substitutes!
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by "Red" Moskau on Jan 27, 2010 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
oooo not banana cream
Thankfully, for idiots like you, our forefathers gave us the second commandment – the right say whatever you want no matter if you’re wrong. — Unknown, for the most part
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