Indians have supposedly released right-handed pitcher Masa Kobayashi today. The timing of this is interesting as it may mean a 40-man roster spot is needed to add a player from Columbus who is not on the 40-man roster who they want to promote to Cleveland (Andy Marte? Jordan Brown?). Or, maybe they need the roster spot to add some players they may be getting in a trade. Of course, it may be that they just want to move on and finally released him. Roster is now at 38 players.
Edit: Something also to consider.....the move could also be to make room for the PTBNL in the DeRosa trade. There was already room for one player, but maybe they decided on the player AND will be calling up Marte. I mean, the PTBNL is likely to be a pitcher....and they released a pitcher.
Edit: Nevermind. Supposedly he was already off the 40-man roster. But the confusing part of that is there was never an official DFA. Back when the Indians added David Huff to the roster in mid-May they just took Kobayashi off the roster and outrighted him to the minors, which never happens as there is a waiver process usually when DFAing someone. 'Tis the confusion if he was on the 40-man still or not. Apologies. In any case, bottom line, Masa is still officially sayonara.;-)
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Kobayashi Released
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Masa was already off the 40-man. He was DFA'd before being outrighted to Columbus.
I thought so too at first, but they never DFAed him. They simply outrighted him to the minors and because he accepted the assignment they did not have to DFA him.
Nevermind...he was off the 40-man already.
But the confusing part of that is there was never a DFA. Odd. They just took him off the roster and outrighted him to the minors, which never happens.....'tis the confusion if he was on the 40-man still or not.
This is murky. The DFA generally is used to buy time, allowing a roster space to be filled even before you figure out how you're clearing it out. Having said that, it stands to reason that you can just DO the assignment immediately, rather than designating someone for assignment later. It appears they simply put him on outright waivers, and he cleared them, and he accepted his assignment.
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