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Bumgarner DFA’d

G-Fafif Apr 20 2023 10:33 AM

The D'Backs have DFA'd Madison Bumgarner, who never quite got over the guilt he felt ending our 2016 postseason.

vtmet7 Apr 20 2023 10:38 AM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

he's got a pulse, and he's cheap (since the D'Backs are stuck with his salary)...what harm could it do to give him a look while we are down a few arms in the rotation? If nothing else, he could pinch hit for Luis G or Escobar...

metirish Apr 20 2023 10:39 AM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1649083815791296514[/TWEET] Yikes that's a lot of eating

Fman99 Apr 20 2023 11:04 AM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

He's toast

Edgy MD Apr 20 2023 11:15 AM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

Two-time Silver Slugger with 19 career homers. The harm would be if he displaces someone more capable, if only for a few rotation turns.

MFS62 Apr 20 2023 11:18 AM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

Sign him and soon they'd be swapping out the Gatorade for Geritol. Later

kcmets Apr 20 2023 12:22 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

He's only 33, he'd be a baby sitting alongside Justin/Max. Do they still make and sell Geritol? I remember as a kid it was heavily advertised but really have no idea what the hell it does or did.

MFS62 Apr 20 2023 03:21 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

He's only 33, he'd be a baby sitting alongside Justin/Max. Do they still make and sell Geritol? I remember as a kid it was heavily advertised but really have no idea what the hell it does or did. I dunno. It was one of the things I remembered from my past, too. I think they called them "tonics". Later

kcmets Apr 20 2023 03:28 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

Like Vitameatavegamin, 'it's so tasty too!'.

smg58 Apr 21 2023 12:11 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

He's pitched far too poorly so far this season to be an immediate answer. But if my pitching coach thinks he's a tweak in his mechanics away from getting his groove back, I'm interested. Lucchesi pitched too well in his last AAA start to not get the call.

Marshmallowmilkshake Apr 21 2023 03:16 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

I didn't realize Bumgarner is only 33. Seems like he's been around forever. But he also hasn't had a decent season since 2016.

bmfc1 Apr 21 2023 04:26 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

On Tony Korneiser's podcast today, Tom Verducci only gave Bumgarner a 3 out of 10 chance of being successful again.

Gwreck Apr 21 2023 04:40 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

I wonder about him as a reliever.

Frayed Knot Apr 21 2023 06:51 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

I actually watched a few innings of what turned out to be his final ARZ game on Wednesday afternoon and found myself wondering if a release was possibly in the mix cuz he looked like toast; lots of stuff out of the strike zone and everything in the zone was getting hit. I just had no idea how quickly my brief thought would come to pass. It's perplexing how fast he fell particularly since, as mentioned, he's still just 33 y/o and still looks like he could lift up one side of the stadium in case someone needed a few minutes to look for some spare change underneath. Relieving is a thought but he's also been so blah for so long now that you really have to assume that this is his new normal and the old version isn't coming back. I wonder also if he'd even want to pitch out of the pen as he's used to being a main guy and isn't exactly Mr. sort and cuddly.

smg58 Apr 21 2023 07:13 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

=bmfc1 post_id=123105 time=1682116010 user_id=73] On Tony Korneiser's podcast today, Tom Verducci only gave Bumgarner a 3 out of 10 chance of being successful again.

On one hand, I'd gamble a minor league deal on 30%. But how likely is he to be successful this season?

Edgy MD Apr 21 2023 09:10 PM Re: Bumgarner DFA’d

I'm guessing Tom Verducci's opinion isn't necessarily the Mets position. Even if he's dead right on the percentage, "successful" has a lot of grey area.