Aug
04
Pirates claim CHoP off waivers
ByChan Ho Park has been claimed off of waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Yankees announced this afternoon. The right-hander had been DFA’d on Saturday to make room on the roster for Kerry Wood. Signed to a $1.2 million deal this winter after a strong season with the Phillies, Park went 2-1 with a 5.60 ERA for the Yanks. In 35.1 innings, he allowed 40 hits — seven of them home runs — while walking 12 and striking out 29. Fans grew to dread his appearances, but he’ll always be remembered for one early-season TMI press conference in Boston. The Pirates are now on the hook for the remaining portion of CHoP’s salary or approximately $400,000. I, for one, am glad to see the Pirates are still willing to take on Yankee has-beens.
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This means they have to pay his remaining salary, right? Guess that puts a few hundred K back in the pocket.
Yep, I figure it’s around $407,000 saved.
Bye Chop Suey!
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Unless they claimed him for another team to trade to, this makes zero sense for the Pirates.
They blew up their bullpen at the deadline. This is probably just a depth move or something.
# of things the Pirates have done in the past 15 years that have made sense: 2
# of things the Pirates have done in the past 15 years that have not made sense: 2,452,904
IETCVM.
There are college students who cannot remember the Pirates ever winning more than 75 games
Hi!
…actually I graduated from college in May.
I don’t either (I graduated in May 09), but I haven’t followed the Pirates my whole life and I’m guessing you haven’t either. There are college students who have and still have never seen a winner.
Was he claimed in the “Pirates take him and his full salary” sense, or the “work out a trade involving CHoP + cash for an iffy prospect we can trade back to Pittsburgh later on” sense?
The most Cash would hope to get is 1 C prospect. As long as Pittsburgh pays the rest of Park’s salary.
Huh? Does not make sense for Pitt.
Knowing the relationship between the Pirates and the Yanks, me thinks something else might be going on behind the scenes here. Not sure what kind of favor, but seems odd that the Pirates would be the team to claim him.
Watch CHoP do a total 360 and dominate.
Dominating the NL Central and dominating the AL East are two very, very different tasks.
I could see CHoP turning it around a bit and pitching fairly well for the Pirates down the stretch. He was successful as a reliever in the NL and as we are talking about the NL Central, as Ben points out. Yes, the Pirates are going nowhere fast. But Park doesn’t cost much more than your basic replacement reliever. So not such a bad move to get some bullpen help.
*180
no, he literally meant: spin around and then BAM be in a new uniform and go on to win UPS ‘What Can Brown Do For You’ award.
If I was Cashman, and I received a pair of single game Steeler Tickets, a pair of single game Penguin Tickets, and a pair of Chop Sticks for Park, I would be satisfied.
And then I’d try to scalp the Penguins tickets, because nobody wants to go to a hockey game.
If nobody wants to go to a Hockey game, scalping the tickets seems kinda pointless.
Pitt really validating themselves as the Yanks minor league team…now how can they get Andrew McCutchen
What the KC Athletics were to the Yankees in late 50s/early 60s, the Pirates are today. Karma for 1960, I guess.
Good riddance to an awful signing.
Best of luck in Pittsburgh.
Pirates seem to love any pitcher who has worn a Yankee uniform. Pittsburgh, Kei Igawa says Hi.