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Craig Wilson released by Braves

Well, Craig Wilson was released today by the Braves.  Hitting a very Cardinal-esque .178, he was coveted by the Birdos several years now. Would a change in scenery be what he needs?

http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10186038

On the plus side of that transaction, it means my keeper league catcher Saltalamacchia stays in the bigs... :)

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why
can't he play the outfield anymore?
On with the youth movement!

by aet15 on May 17, 2007 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I heard
he has bad knees or something that limit his mobility to the point where playing the OF just isn't feasible.  Notice that he's played 20 games at 1b this year to 0 in the OF -- for a team that could really use an everyday LF.

by chuckb on May 17, 2007 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hmmm
Well, that would certainly make him less-than-valuable to the Cards.

by roebirds on May 18, 2007 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

who would you want to keep ...
out of C. Wilson, P. Wilson, Ludwick as a pinch hitter / spare outfielder?  Now that Juan E. is back and So T has the other OF bench spot sowed up (in TLR's book), my preference would be to recall JRod from Memphis.  The primary role of this bench slot should be PH.  I'd prefer a left-hander to compliment So T.

by jjray on May 17, 2007 5:11 PM EDT reply actions  

So
I'd rather have a Wilson-type on the bench as the RH pinch hitter than Taguchi, especially now that Enc is back and can play center.

by roebirds on May 17, 2007 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

eh I'm 50/50 with this one
I could care less, then again we need a good hitter
If there's a baseball heaven, Albert Pujols is God.

by kyle man on May 17, 2007 7:42 PM EDT reply actions  

Wilson is done.
He was interesting some time ago, but he hasn't done anything at all since leaving the Yankees, and he really only had one good season - in platoon, three years ago.

Also, as we are seeing with the Kip Wells experiment, the Cardinals really aren't providing any kind of winning atmosphere for these losing-infected former Pirates to turn things around in. If "a change of scenery" was what Craig Wilson needed, jumping from the Pirates to the first-place Yankees, and then the first-place Braves should have been it.

by taiko on May 17, 2007 10:28 PM EDT reply actions  

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