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Originally Posted by gehrig38
Jared Newman is eligible to come off the DL. Given our bullpen situation here and at AAA a rehab assignment is the best option for all parties. At 37 I am having issues even getting a call back on shopping him around. He has the RtR being optioned but short of a rash of injuries, I am unsure of another route. I do NOT like to treat the veterans on this team and in this league with anything other than the utmost respect and he is no different.
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Rehab assignment to stall is a widely used tactic in these cases. After that, assuming no change in the bullpen situation, you just have to call him in and give him the choice of a minor league assignment or outright release. The growth of your organization comes first. It's a business. He knows that.
To quote another favorite movie: "We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't...we don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told."