May 13, 2006
Reds Release Rob Stratton
By
Amanda
Posted at 8:39 am
As told by Marc:
Word from Louisville that the Bats have released Rob Stratton to make room for Chris Denorfia on their roster. Good luck, big fella. Sorry we never got to see you up here.
Was there no one in a better position to be released? With all the talk about the Reds' minor league system being so thin, this seems like a strange move.
Speaking of spring training hot shots who got injured just before they could make it big, where's Dewayne Wise these days?
I like Stratton, but he wasn’t gonna make an impact for us. He’s a low average, high power, decent walk rate, bad defense player who has been in AAA with five different teams since 2001. That leads me to believe he doesn’t have what it takes to do anything in the majors, and considering this is his 10th year in the minors overall, that’s probably accurate.
Seems like *someone* would have given him another year, though. Reds didn’t get anything out of him at all.
Here’s a special news bulletin from the Crack Hard Facts Staff concerning the whereabouts of Dewayne Wise.
According to Brian Bennet of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Bats manager Rick Sweet said on Friday that Wise is still another two to four weeks away from being ready to join the Bats:
[url=http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bennett/2006/05/wheres-wise.html]http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bennett/2006/05/wheres-wise.html[/url]
Cool. Thanks for the updated, HMZ. He’ll be a nice option to have before the season is done.