Justin Hedrick released (BA Minor League Transactions)

Hedrick, 26, doesn’t throw hard and never seemed to impress the Giants despite his performance. He was 4-6, 2.14 with 72 strikeouts in 71 innings at Double-A Connecticut in 2007, so naturally the Giants sent him back to the Eastern League; he was 2-3, 1.37 last year there with nine saves and a 74-21 K-BB ratio in 66 innings. His career line—10-15, 2.38, 28 saves, 317.1 IP, 219 H, 379 K, 120 BB and a 2.38 career ERA.

Fortunately, I have some extremely trenchant analysis as to why this happened, and am not simply screwing up my face and saying, "Whaaat?"

Wait, that's a lie.

Whaaat?

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I bet the Padres pick him up. He just screams Padres.

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by xanthan on Apr 5, 2009 7:48 PM PDT reply actions

And that stinks, too. I liked Hedrick.

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by xanthan on Apr 5, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I was wondering about that...

…I saw it mentioned in Garrett Broshuis’ Prospect Diary last week, but since it was dated April 1, I thought he might just be having some fun at a teammate’s expense.

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by EliminateMe on Apr 5, 2009 7:55 PM PDT reply actions

This organization is weird sometimes.

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by jcb9 on Apr 5, 2009 8:19 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, this doesn’t make much sense.

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by marcello on Apr 5, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, especially considering we have some pretty worthless relievers throughout the minors. At least Hedrick is…well actually he’s old for his level, but at least he’s not old old. And he’s put up some good stats. (And what is ortiz doing at fresno?)

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Apr 6, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Ortiz is insurance.

Mostly, I figure he’s insurance against Starting pitcher: Pat Misch.

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by EliminateMe on Apr 6, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I’d take Misch over Ortiz any day. And I was never a fan of Misch.

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by jcb9 on Apr 6, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions

+1

Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
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by raisingcain on Apr 8, 2009 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions

It's Called Scouting

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by Josh from Hollywood on Apr 6, 2009 12:20 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

they said there was no room at the inn in fresno

but there is room for yabu…and as minor league rosters work differently than mlb teams (guys can be dropped, then reactivated the following day) it doesnt make alot of sense losing him without even bothering to try him in the pcl

thing is , had they really wanted him to catch on somewhere, they woulda released him before st…not towards the end

by bacci40 on Apr 6, 2009 2:14 AM PDT reply actions

I got an email from GB saying the BoSox had picked him up

and he’ll do extended spring training with them before being place on a minor league roster.

http://gregsconnecticutdefenders.blogspot.com

by greg8370 on Apr 6, 2009 7:26 AM PDT reply actions

Damn. I hope he keeps blogging, though. His stuff is always a good read.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Apr 6, 2009 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions