Tigers outright Brad Thomas to Toledo

by Kurt Mensching on Jul 14, 2011 2:31 PM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

Brad Thomas has been in a weird sort of baseball purgatory. He was placed on the disabled list with an elbow problem -- not a serious one -- in the middle of May. On June 14, he was added to Triple-A Toledo's roster to begin his rehab appearances. He compiled a 3.48 ERA in 10.1 innings there since. But he also reportedly felt some soreness and needed a break in the middle of the rehab. Yet despite struggles among Tigers left-handers, there just didn't seem to be any place in the major leagues for him.

Pitchers have up to 30 days for their minor league rehab, and you can tell by the date Thomas's time is up. So he was outrighted to the Mud Hens. That takes him off the 40-man roster. Thomas has until Sunday to decide whether to accept the assignment or leave the organization. Meanwhile the Tigers have a roster spot open for Carlos Guillen, who is expected to join the Tigers at some point this month.

You hate to say it, but I don't think any Tigers fans would be sad to see him go. By all reports, Thomas is a friendly individual and you hope the best for him. He just didn't work out well with the Tigers.

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Joy of joys

"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke

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by David Tokarz on Jul 14, 2011 2:58 PM EDT reply actions

Not for nothing

But one-way tickets from Detroit to Sydney, Australia tomorrow start at $2,500. $7,000 if you go business class.

by johnmoz on Jul 14, 2011 2:59 PM EDT reply actions

Time for The Wanker (aka The Tosser) to take a walkabout

"All aboard! There is plenty of room."
Brennan Boesch Bandwagon Conductor

by trross1200 on Jul 14, 2011 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

He might be a wanker

but he’s our wanker (for the moment), and I hope he does well wherever he ends up (except against the Tigers, of course).

Detroit4Lyfe

by Rob Rogacki on Jul 14, 2011 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

I'm going to miss calling him Wanker.

He’s our Wanker and I hope he does do well.

I have a grand idea: let's win a game.

by 13194013 on Jul 15, 2011 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Nice guy, I'm sure

But abysmally terrible at baseball.

by longview on Jul 14, 2011 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

I thought he was an ideal mop-up guy

Our pitching staff is so deep now that we don’t need a true mop-up guy.

Ideally our pen will look like this:

Valverde
Benoit
Coke
Al Al
Furbush
Perry
Purcey

by Keith-Allen on Jul 14, 2011 6:34 PM EDT reply actions

We just need a 5th starter now

by Keith-Allen on Jul 14, 2011 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn't mind Lester Oliveros as an alternate

"All aboard! There is plenty of room."
Brennan Boesch Bandwagon Conductor

by trross1200 on Jul 14, 2011 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Swap him and Purcey

That jackass…

"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke

Contributor, Bless You Boys

by David Tokarz on Jul 15, 2011 3:21 AM EDT up reply actions

LOS!!!!

Finally a bat that can play 2nd. Improves the offense quite a bit.

by BennieBladesFan on Jul 14, 2011 7:10 PM EDT reply actions

for 4 days and then back to the DL

Bless You Boys.com

by Kurt Mensching on Jul 14, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Rec'd

Should we start a betting pool, or is that a bit sick?

"Aside from the stuff I haven’t been diagnosed for yet, I don’t have a problem."- Phil Coke

Contributor, Bless You Boys

by David Tokarz on Jul 15, 2011 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions

Yay

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Jul 14, 2011 10:19 PM EDT reply actions

Phil Coke is inconsolable.

He lost his buddy

sarcastic jinxing ass

by The Eric on Jul 14, 2011 10:36 PM EDT reply actions

Thomas being outrighted means a couple of things

First, it means he had to clear waivers. Nobody can be outrighted without clearing waivers first. Second, since he has already been outrighted once in his career, he doesn’t have to accept the assignment. He can choose free agency either now or at the end of the season if he’s not back on the 40 man roster by that time. However, in order to collect on his contract, he’d have to accept the assignment.

I count 38 players now on the 40 man roster, so they didn’t need to remove a player to add los Carlos back to the roster. However, Thomas could not be optioned since his options are used up, so he had to be waived and outrighted if they didn’t want to put him back on the 25 man roster.

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Jul 15, 2011 1:42 AM EDT reply actions