Infielder Andy Marte cleared waivers today, and has been outrighted to Triple-A Columbus. He will be back in major league camp on Thursday as a non-roster invitee.
The fact that all 29 other major league clubs passed on him by not claiming him pretty much nails it home that no one believes he has any value at the moment as a major league caliber player. Sure, if he were a street free agent lots of teams would be in line to probably sign him to a non-roster deal.....but no one wants him on their 40-man roster as a potential major league option. Not even on a trial basis in spring training for six weeks.
If that ain't damning, I don't know what is.
I'm having trouble figuring out how Marte fits in Columbus. Without question, Wes Hodges will be the regular 3B, and I guess Marte could split time at 3B, 1B and DH. Though, the Indians are also stacked at 1B with Jordan Brown, Michael Aubrey and Stephen Head. I think once the end of spring camp arrives, one of Aubrey/Marte are not in the organization anymore.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Marte Clears Waivers
Everything on this site is free, but for those interested in making any monetary contributions to help support the stability and growth of this site please click on the "Donate" button below.
2 comments:
While we as fans may be fed up with Marte because of the high expectations when we got him (sound like Phillips ???), Aubrey is probably easier to move. It comes down to injuries on other teams. It wouldn't be incredibly surprising to see Marte or Aubrey in the opening day roster for some team. Still young enough that you hate to give up on either.
Yeah, we are going to talk about this tonight, but I think one or both of Aubrey/Marte are dealt at the end of camp. Sorta like Corey Smith in 2006. The needs of teams are not as clearly defined now as they will in 5 weeks when rosters needs to be finalized and they also make up their Triple-A teams. I think the Indians have enough talent and depth to plug in at 3B, 1B and DH at Columbus without both Aubrey/Marte.
Post a Comment