Pads claim Igawa

[Big Reed]

according to Fox Sports, the pads have supposedly claimed the Yankees' Iigawa. they will have two days to work out a trade with the yankees for his services. I would guess boomer wells will be wearing pin stripes real soon. It was reported no AL team placed a claim on Igawa; and no NL team including the Brewers placed a claim on him either. i would assume it was his contract that made him so undesirable as a waiver claim to the other teams. Not only do you get a bad pitcher, but you also get stuck with his contract.

 

it's obvious the brewers had a chance to claim him and passed. That was probably a wise decision. M y thoughts are if guys like Igawa were made available, there has to be some quality guy made available on waivers that the brewers could claim wh o would prove useful.

[Brian the Automator]

it's obvious the brewers had a chance to claim him and passed. That was probably a wise decision. M y thoughts are if guys like Igawa were made available, there has to be some quality guy made available on waivers that the brewers could claim wh o would prove useful.

You're already talking about this in another thread. Keep the focus on Igawa, here.

 

[brettac1]

Igawa is probably the single worst pitcher I have seen this season. Brutal.

[mothershipconnection]

I looked on mlb4u and they say it's reported that the Yankees will ask the team trading for him for cash to recoup the gigantic posting fee costs. That seems absurd, as his remaining $17M+ over 3+ years is already really steep for a guy who has been annihilated in his brief MLB career.

[splitterpfj]

Hey wait, we close the season with SD...go Pads, good luck in the negotiations!

[Big Reed]

admitedly this looks like a real bad and stupid move by the Padres. But I remember several other pitchers who stunk pitching in New York but thrived elsewhere.

 

A question comes to mind - if Igawa was pitching have way decent but still had the same contract, would other teams have been willing to claim him? or would they have still passed because of his outrageously large contract?

[MoneyballMan]

Can't believe anyone claimed him. Has anyone seen an update on this today?

[MoneyballMan]

Can't believe anyone claimed him. Has anyone seen an update on this today?

[brewdude15]

the move of Igawa has died down. The Yankees wanted a load of spects, and the Pads didn't want to do it.

[Big Reed]

It was first reported on 8/10 that the pads claimed him. it's already 8/14 and nothing's happened. i guess it's safe to say this one is not going down. it's also interesting boomer hasn't found a new home yet. i would think the 7 days after he was DFA'd are over .

[hauser42]

RotoWorld has reported that no trade could be worked out. Not good at posting links.

[jlau20]

Good, it's nice to see no one is letting the Yankees off the hook on this guy.

 

Of course, he could always shape up, but I haven't seen anything this season that would show that could happen.