End of Paul Young Era

[RAYn_Man]

Signed with the Royals. Well that was fun.

[K9 Avenger]

Ha....Paul, we hardly knew ye.....

[MarketingBully]

Will it even matter? Did we think he was going to make a difference next year? Good for him he was able to get a deal done. Good luck Paul!

[mic]

Don't worry about our arms next year... We have a deep stable...

[maroonmania]

I'm still amazed at the roster situation in which we kept Paul Young and cut Luke Reynolds. Oh well, Bigfoot is gone now.

[Big4Dawg]

At least we can stop hearing about him. Most talked about pitcher who pitched a total of 6 innings in two years.

[maroonmania]

At least we can stop hearing about him. Most talked about pitcher who pitched a total of 6 innings in two years.

Yep, and those 6 innings were nothing to write home about.

[AlSwearengen]

good. get him out of the way and I can quit wondering if he will ever do anything.

[JDog13]

Which pitcher ran like Joe Dirt? Was it Daniel Brown?

[bulldogcountry1]

Reminds me of that Dixon guy that Cohen signed his first or second year. We heard about his potential for 2 or 3 years, and he barely sniffed the field.

[RAYn_Man]

I'm still amazed at the roster situation in which we kept Paul Young and cut Luke Reynolds. Oh well, Bigfoot is gone now.

One was a walk on and one was not

[maroonmania]

One was a walk on and one was not

So you can't cut a player that is not a walk on?

[Todd4State]

So you can't cut a player that is not a walk on?

It's because of the roster rules. If you are on scholarship you have to count towards the 35 man roster. I believe 27 have to be on some form of scholarship so we can only carry 8 walk-ons. So if you cut someone on scholarship you essentially lose a roster spot.

Just another reason college coaches hate the NCAA rules in baseball.

[maroonmania]

It's because of the roster rules. If you are on scholarship you have to count towards the 35 man roster. I believe 27 have to be on some form of scholarship so we can only carry 8 walk-ons. So if you cut someone on scholarship you essentially lose a roster spot.

Just another reason college coaches hate the NCAA rules in baseball.

Not to belabor the point but I guess I'm curious now, did we actually have 8 walk-ons on the roster this year? If so, we had 8 walk-ons that got spots ahead of Reynolds? Does a guy on an academic scholarship or some other non-athletic aid still count as a walk-on?

[Homedawg]

One was a walk on and one was not

Neither were on scholarship last year. Hell Dakota wasn't on scholarship last year.

[Homedawg]

Not to belabor the point but I guess I'm curious now, did we actually have 8 walk-ons on the roster this year? If so, we had 8 walk-ons that got spots ahead of Reynolds? Does a guy on an academic scholarship or some other non-athletic aid still count as a walk-on?

Yes a guy in just academic counts as a walk on. Only the 27 on baseball aid have "secure spots" when the fall starts.

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

Probably see him in 6 years and think to ourselves, now here's a guy who couldn't pitch for us at the time and now throwing in the All-Star game. That's baseball.