Armando Galarraga signed, designated for assignment hours later

that he makes it through waivers. Don’t really get this.

What happened with that?

that they’re just trying to find out who possible trade partners are? They’ll pull him off waivers if someone claims him?

But yeah, I agree with you Kurt

and with Galarraga’s OK.

We just don’t know what it is yet.

I can see a big move in the works in the next couple of days (involving guys on the 40 man) followed by Galarraga’s restoration to the roster.

Bye.

Claiming this is just the quickest way for the Tigers to get rid of him (I think).

and with this move, they have wiped out at least half of the benefit of signing Brad Penny. DD needs to get about the business of adding depth for the rotation, and he needs to sign a starting pitcher that did better than 4.46 ERA/ 1.35 WHIP last season, or one that there is reason to believe will be better than Armando.

The fact that Galarraga is Designated, almost certainly means that they don’t have a trade partner for him. If they did, they could just trade him.

The obligation to pay the contract arose at the time they tendered him a contract earlier in the off season. At that point, they were committed to 30 days pay, yet the amount had not been determined yet. When they settled, that determined the amount.

If a team picks him up on waivers, they’ll be on the hook for $ 2.3 million. Obviously, the Tigers don’t feel that he’s worth that much. Maybe another club does, If so, the Tigers can work a trade with him without putting him on waivers. They have ten days. But other clubs can take the chance that he clears waivers and they can sign him for his free market price. If he clears waivers, that price is less than 2.3 mil, necessarily.

As of now, the Tigers lack depth in the rotation, and depending on Penny to be healthy and Coke to be effective is a lofty expectation.

I thought I was done reading Tiger Dog’s lack of rotation speel! LOL!

Armando is done with the Tigers? Is that a forgone conclusion?

May I suggest keeping Twitter, MLBTR and BYB open? I find it maximizes your ability to spot breaking news.

it better be for more pitching… lots of it, with depth

identify postential trade partners. Faster than phoning all the GM’s, and now they all know what the ‘price’ is.

 I can’t believe they’re doing this. They’re either going to make a trade with someone willing to make a claim, or just let him go, but I think he’s done as a Tiger.

Looks like Galarraga’s gone for good.

DD and Mr. I are not dumb or classless. This is one giant “Huh?”

i’ll be trying to tweet more info as I get it from the conference call now

If that seems like a statement from Capt. Obvious, what I mean is Armando probably doesn’t care that much who’s paying him his $2.3M or if the Tigers are paying 1/6, 1/3, or all of it. I’m sure he’d prefer to be in the Tigers’ rotation and make that, but at this point staying in the organization is probably the worst thing for Armando. It would mean he cleared waivers and won’t be in the rotation anywhere.

If he gets claimed, it is by a team who’s willing to pick up that contract and if they’re doing that, it’s probably to start for that team.

What I’m getting on Twitter (including from @blessyouboys, which you should all be following) indicates that the organization wasn’t going to use Armando and wanted him to get a job elsewhere.

When we got Armando in this situation, it was for Michael Hernandez.

I did a quick summation.

I’ll have a new post a bit later.

kind of a black eye for the organization, though? Seems like we’re kind of cutting AG off at the knees. I know, DD has to look out for what’s best for the Tigers, not necessarily AG, but man, it seems cold.

Were there other players that made “sense” for being dropped off the 40 man in favor of Penny? Seems like, unless there’s a plan to bring one of the kids along rapidly, they are, as has been well speculated above, giving up on potential 5th starter depth.

Then again, except for the rare flash, over the last couple of years, Armando hasn’t provided consistant starts himself, so from that perspective, plugging anybody in there (in case of injury to, or ineffectiveness by any of the named rotation, namely Penny and Coke) might not necessarily be excessively detrimental. Then again, one game could be all the difference, as we well know…

The Tigers have five starting pitchers, two with serious questions and two seemingly reliable ACEs. They did not want to pay Galarraga 2.3 million to be a long reliever, and it looks like Leyland was just fed up with the nibbling. His ERA was equal to the rotation ERA on the team- 4.46. He had a 1.35 WHIP. But once they tendered him a contract, they were on the hook for the arbitration process and 30 days pay. They settled that amount, and now it’s a matter of whether they can get another club to pick up the contract.

Meanwhile, the Tigers have no backup in case Coke doesn’t transition to the rotation, having last started in AA ball in 2008, or in case Penny hits the DL as he has a habit of doing. I don’t even want to think about Oxspring or Brad Thomas, or Alburquerque in the rotation. Andy Oliver is the real hope for any depth.

thanks everyone for your input though
It has definately helped me digest this mystery

I know that nobody but DD has any clue what is going on, but I really hope this isn’t the plan for the year. Why does the front office insist on writing Coke in the rotation as stone?