Alvarez released, Tavarez designated

greenbeans · Post #1 » by **greenbeans** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:14 pm

One-time Red Sox front-line prospect Abe Alvarez was released by the Red Sox yesterday, the Providence Journal reported. The lefthander was at Triple-A Pawtucket and had been moved from the starting rotation to the bullpen this year. He had a 6.46 ERA in 13 games.

The Red Sox today activated first baseman Sean Casey today from the disabled list. To make room for Casey, the team designated pitcher Julian Tavarez for assignment. The team now has 10 days to either work out a trade for Tavarez or grant him his outright release.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... tra_bases/

Post #2 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:44 pm

They also traded bryan corey to the padres for cash considerations and a player to be named later.

Man, I had high hopes for alvarez when he came up. Then he just sucked, huh? I didn't really follow him in the minors.

Tavarez? If we can trade corey to the padres for money and a ptbnl. Why are we having such a hard time trading Tavarez to the rockies, who actually have interest in him??

Post #3 » by **Bleeding Green** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:46 pm

Alvarez might catch on somewhere as a LOOGY type of pitcher. Maybe. Hard to be successful with an 84 MPH fastball unless you have godlike command.

Tavarez makes 3.9 mil or so, so maybe that's why it's hard to trade him? Who wants a long-reliever/6th starter for 4 million dollars when you can potentially acquire a AAAA guy for the league minimum?

Post #4 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:13 pm

Prophet_C · Post #5 » by **Prophet_C** » Tue May 20, 2008 12:45 am

I heard we had some talks with the Rox for Tavarez but they slowed down. Any updates on that?

Post #6 » by **sunshinekids99** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:18 pm

This is a couple days old.

Along with the Rockies, the Brewers have made a run at Julian Tavarez recently, according to ESPN.com's Jayson Stark.

The Red Sox are still hopeful of coming up with a trade for Tavarez before they're forced to place him on waivers. Stark says they're also listening to offers for David Aardsma and Javier Lopez. However, it's unlikely that they'll move either reliever anytime soon.

greenbeans · Post #7 » by **greenbeans** » Tue May 20, 2008 8:42 pm

when is the 10-day window up?? gotta be within the next day or two

Post #8 » by **Bleeding Green** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:08 pm

He accepted his assignment to Pawtucket, actually.

http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sport ... n-for-now/

greenbeans · Post #9 » by **greenbeans** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:39 pm

damnnnnnn. .. thats kind of a shock