Bye Bye Alan Embree
Posted on May 1, 2010
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I realize that at the moment, the bullpen looks a little bit like a derailed train carrying hazardous materials. I also realize that Alan Embree is a southpaw that has a history of getting out both righties AND lefties. Neither of those things really seemed to matter as the club sung Bye Bye Birdie to Embree yesterday night as they designated him for assignment. Taking his spot on the roster and making the start tonight against the Orioles will be Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Embree had been signed to a minor league deal on March 20th. His contract gave him a chance to opt-out by April 15th if he wasn’t called up to the big leagues but he decided to extend the ‘due date’ until April 30th. He was finally called up only to sit idle in the pen for a 5-4 Sox loss then promptly be DFA’ed.
Was keeping Scott Schoeneweis over Alan Embree a good decision? It’s pretty hard to tell right now as both of their careers have taken pretty similar paths but Schoeneweis is almost 3 years younger than Embree so he’s got that going for him at least.
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