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Originally Posted by Amazin69
I don't have any more nominations at the moment
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And no sooner do I type that than Floyd Bannister tears a rotator cuff, and I decide to fill his spot with Russell "Rusty" McDonald, obtained from the Dodgers chain in the Shane Rawley deal.
(I know, I shouldn't give up on an 24-year-old lefty with a good fastball. But Rawley was blowing saves regularly, and neither Roy Clark nor Manny Estrada could fill the departed Julio Cruz's shoes at 2B. So I sent Shane to the Southland for a package centered on Jack Percornte [who was tearing it up in Albuquerque and has done just fine for us] and Rusty, who IRL was getting decent swingman work at AA San Antonio and would never get past the Dukes, himself. Here, he's done well at Spokane after the swap, and it's not as if I have a lot of other options in the chain. [What, you wanted Eric Mustad to get another chance? Pass.] So let's see what McDonald has on the menu.)
Yep, he finished as a Tacoma Tiger. But the A's didn't bring him across the MLB threshold, either.