How to Get Hardy out of this Funk

[homer]

Hardy just needs a slump buster. Ask Mark Grace for a definition....

[endaround]

Its one thing to allow Bush to pass through waivers, its another to let Hardy go through waivers. I don't see it happening.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Hardy was hitting the ball well when the season first started. It just seemed he was hitting it right at people. When he wasn't getting results, he started pressing. He started slow last year, then took a few days off to get the shoulder in order. He hit the ball well his first game back and never stopped until the season was over. Take the whole weekend off if that's what it takes...spend the time with the trainers. He'll be fine.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Well, let's see. He dyed his hair black earlier this year, so I say he gives blonde a try. Maybe that will work out for him. If not he can go bald after that, or maybe blue.

[Never Outhustled]

Its one thing to allow Bush to pass through waivers, its another to let Hardy go through waivers. I don't see it happening

While I realize Hardy won't and shouldn't be optioned, he does have 3 options remaining. Bush had to clear waivers because he was out of options.

[logan82]

Bush had an option as well. He had to clear options because it was 3 years after he had been added to a 25-man roster. Hardy would also have to clear waivers. Link

There is a rule rarely invoked in baseball that creates a situation where a player who has options remaining still has to clear waivers to be sent on an optional assignment. If the assignment is to begin at least three full calendar years from the date of the player's first appearance on a 25-man roster, then the player can not be sent on an optional assignment without first clearing major league waivers. These waivers are revocable, and players usually clear those waivers without incident.

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[Never Outhustled]

I stand corrected. It now makes more sense now how Bush made it through waivers, as if he would have been claimed the Brewers simply would have revoked.