Rays claim Haynes off Waivers

by edhoo on Mar 28, 2008 11:55 AM PDT

Rays claimed outfielder Nathan Haynes off waivers from the Angels.
We hope this doesn't mean the Rays are done looking for a reserve outfielder. Haynes is an OK stopgap as a 25th man, if only because Carl Crawford's insistence on staying in left leaves the Rays without another option as a backup in center. However, he'd be a weak option if the team ever needed to play him more than twice a month. The 28-year-old hit .267/.313/.311 in 45 at-bats for the Angels in his major league debut last season. His arrival means Joel Guzman will head to Triple-A.
- Rotoworld

I guess Figgins lost his personal hitting coach

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Awwww...

Best of luck, Nathan! Hope he gets a starting job, since there was no room for him in our crowded outfield...

a.k.a. AngelFan35

by HawaiiHaloFan35 on Mar 28, 2008 11:59 AM PDT reply actions

I predcited this would happen

by Rev Halofan on Mar 28, 2008 12:03 PM PDT reply actions

I was thinking

Haynes for Edwin Jackson.

by Bilko 420 on Mar 28, 2008 12:04 PM PDT reply actions

Where did the news come from?

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 12:18 PM PDT reply actions

Ah!....Rotoworld

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions

there goes

figgy's batting coach

Is it March 31st yet?

by Sorbo182 on Mar 28, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions

OK!......is the roster now set?

Depending upon whether GMJr opens the season on the DL, the roster may be set.

If GMJr is on the DL, the bench is Matholi, Morales, Izturis, Willits, & Quinlan..... (I'm assuming Juan Rivera replaces GMJr.)

If GMJr is not on the DL, the bench is Matholi, Rivera, Izturis, & Quinlan,..... with either Willits or Morales back in AAA.

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 12:29 PM PDT reply actions

this sounds right

by Rev Halofan on Mar 28, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm thinking GMJr is on the DL

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Sad

Sad to see Haynes go... not that he had a chance of playing with us, but he was beginning to develop into a decent player, and it would have been nice if we could have gotten something in return for him.

When I saw this morning that Rays were looking to trade Edwin Jackson or another guy, I definitely was thinking it'd be worth Haynes to trade for Jackson.

by Los Angeles de Anaheim on Mar 28, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, but

I very much doubt, even with the Angels' injury-depleted rotation, whether they would have had the patience to give significant playing time at the major league level to Jackson. That said, I bet he could have learned a lot pitching in the hitter-friendly PCL.

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by scareduck on Mar 28, 2008 1:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Essentially

We dumped Jeff Weaver for nothing... But at least with Haynes gone, it should wipe out all memory (I know -- that's optimistic) of that awful cheat we once called "the elder"

by Los Angeles de Anaheim on Mar 28, 2008 12:48 PM PDT reply actions

Terry Evans

We traded Weaver for Evans

Sea-at-ha-ha-ha that's funny.

by hauldog on Mar 28, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

nothing?

umm...evans? albeit because of a depleted system, hes one of our better players in AAA. Will he be a regular? probably not, but he has power potential, a plus arm and is young and athletic enough to be a reserve outfielder for us in the future(post-GA)

by ihearhowie2.0 on Mar 28, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Haynes..

didn't come over for WTE.. it was Evans that we got in that trade..

Here's to another season of baseball! Angels in '08!

by b0rd3rline on Mar 28, 2008 12:58 PM PDT reply actions

That's why we'll play Evans.

We paid WTE's salary for the whole year ($8MM) while he played for the Cardinals for half of that time. The way I see it, we have a $4MM investment in Evans.

He'll evenutally be on the 25-man roster, or we'll get something of value for him.

By the way, Evans is now the youngest outfielder on the 40-man roster......born 1/19/82.
Willits is next youngest , born 5/30/81. Haynes was born 9/7/79. Figgins, another possible future outfielder, was born 1/22/78.

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions

This is sad to me

But definitely going to be rooting for the Rays this year, with him and Percy over there...

Wake me up on opening day.

by 101halo on Mar 28, 2008 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

Go! RAYS.

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Well head to head I'm obviously still a halo fan

Just saying that in the East, its easy to root for them to beat the Spankees and Red Sux.

Wake me up on opening day.

by 101halo on Mar 28, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Good luck to you Nathan Haynes

And please keep in contact with Figgins.

by Sethy on Mar 28, 2008 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

Don't be surprised to see both of them on the same team someday.

Tampa Bay is Figgy's back yard.

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions

I didn't even know that Haynes was even released ...

This caught me by surprise.

Shopping for a new signature, but ran out of money...

by Downing Rules on Mar 28, 2008 1:33 PM PDT reply actions

Your midday naps are going to have to STOP.

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't think he was released

He was out of options and had to pass through waivers to be assigned to the minors

by Seik1177 on Mar 28, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

True

by wumbug on Mar 28, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks for specifying...now back to my nap...

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by Downing Rules on Mar 28, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions

released should be "put on waivers."

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by Downing Rules on Mar 28, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Linkage...

YAHOO SPORTS (AP)

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by Downing Rules on Mar 28, 2008 2:40 PM PDT reply actions

Bah humbug!

on Haynes...hate to see him go!

It is March 28th and snowing in Seattle...could this be a harbinger of things to come?

There's an old saying: 50 percent of what's going to happen, you have no control over. And the other 50 percent is going to happen anyway." -- Arte Moreno

by K3YEROUT on Mar 28, 2008 2:55 PM PDT reply actions

The 40-Man Roster

currently stands at only 38, with the loss of Haynes. The consensus seems to be that Darren O'Day will make the opening day roster; he would thus be the 39th player, meaning that the Halos can add yet another player. Some have mentioned Alex Serrano as a possible dark horse candidate for the last bullpen spot (along with Jason Bulger & Rich Thompson). Serrano is not on the 40-man, either; nor is Nick Adenhart, for that matter. So, perhaps the competition for that last spot just got a tad more interesting.

by jjackflash on Mar 28, 2008 5:04 PM PDT reply actions

39 = O'Day

The 40th spot could be for a waiver wire pickup of their own...

by Rev Halofan on Mar 28, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

How does a near .400 AAA guy

get given up for nothing? I never understood how a .395 avg AAA hitter wasn't a top prospect. Can anyone explain that to me?

by vladtheimpaler on Mar 28, 2008 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

PS

How do you go to see your list of comments on this newfangled site?

by vladtheimpaler on Mar 28, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions

click your name

it lists everything you have done.

by Rev Halofan on Mar 28, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions

DOB: 09/07/1979

Because it took him until he was almost 28 to reach that level. In an eleven year minor league career, he's managed only a .287/.351/.389.

by jjackflash on Mar 29, 2008 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions

He is a role player

You don't get anything but roster-filler for a role player. We were stand-up guys and waived him so a team would take him and he would get playing time. It is called being a CLASSY organization. Word spreads, players make this their team of choice.

by Rev Halofan on Mar 29, 2008 12:17 AM PDT reply actions

Nevertheless

Since he was picked up, it tends to suggest that there was some market. Maybe they could have gotten a rookie league pitcher or something for him. Clearly, though, they let him go now so he could catch on with someone else; they might have been able to pass him through waivers to SLC if they'd waited until Sunday, or whenever rosters are due.

by jjackflash on Mar 29, 2008 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions