Flurry of roster moves
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| Scott Dunn had a 38-15 career record in the Frontier League. |
Washington has put catcher Jim Vahalik, third baseman Carter Bell, utility infielder Garrett Rau, outfielder Andrew Heck and pitchers Zac Fuesser and Scott Dunn on the suspended list. The Wild Things do retain the Frontier League rights to these players for one year, if they opt to return to baseball.
Fuesser was Washington’s top starting pitcher last season with a 9-2 record and 2.25 ERA. The latter was the second-best mark in the league. Fuesser also pitched Washington to a 4-2 victory over Evansville in a wild-card playoff game last September. Fuesser pitched 8 2/3 innings in that game.
Dunn, a former South Side Beaver High School and Slippery Rock University player, spent one season in Washington and four with Traverse City. He had an 8-5 record with the Wild Things and was 38-15 in his Frontier League career.
Vahalik, who was acquired in a July trade with the London Rippers in 2012, had been the Wild Things starting catcher for 2½ seasons. Bell and Rau each played one year with Washington. Bell was the starting third baseman and Rau played in 93 games and started at all four infield positions. Heck, who is the baseball coach at Sewickley Academy, has played for the Wild Things each of the last three years.
The Wild Things also placed pitcher Zach LeBarron on the 60-day disabled list, and put pitchers Hamilton Bennett and Andy Noga on the suspended list. Bennett and Noga were acquired from Kansas City of the American Association in exchange for closer Jonathan Kountis.
The Wild Things still hold the options on four players from last year's team: pitchers Aaron Newcomb and Matt Sergey, catcher Maxx Garrett and second baseman Aaron Wobrock, They also picked up the option on pitcher Matt Phillips, who had a very good 2013 season for Washington but missed all of last year with an injury. The Wild Things have not announced yet if these players are returning.
posted by Chris Dugan at
3:56 PM
5 Comments:
What does the suspended list mean?
In MLB and NFL suspended ususally means a violation of league rules whether drugs, abuse, or otherwise. Is this what suspended means in this case?
In the Frontier League, the suspended list is something that could be better titled the "Did Not Report" list or the "Retiring - I think" list.
The majority of players put on the suspended list are hanging up their spikes and calling it a career. By putting the player on the suspended list, the Frontier League team retains the player's rights for a year. If the player later decides, let's say in June, that he would like to return to baseball, then he can't simply sign with another FL team as a free agent. His rights will be held by his former team because it placed him on the suspended list. Sometimes players are put on the suspended list because they returned to college and will be late to spring training or they have a Visa problem.
I don't have a Visa problem but, I do have a Master Card problem
Anonymous:
Did you Express you were an American and thus did not have a Visa problem. It is sad to Discover you have a Master Card problem. In any case, in mid May you can be one of the Diners at a Wild Things game. However you may not be welcome at the Club house.
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