Tavarez DFA'ed for Riske- Latest: Declines Assignment, Signs with Braves

[Irish Brewer]

http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/06/19/tavarez-designed-for-assignment.aspx

 

Glad to see Dillard is going to stay with the team for the time being.

 

EDIT: Title. -PF, 1992

[JoeHova]

It was the right move, imo.

[sheethead]

I am going to pretend Jullian Tavarez never pitched for the Brewers.

[rluzinski]

This move confirms that Tavarez was viewed as the worst reliever in the pen. That begs the question... why was he being used in close games when other players were available (not talking about the last extra inning game).

[stoops17]

I am happy with this move. Tavarez was the main reliever who made me nervous every appearance (that is while Gagne is out). Glad to have Riske back.

[Bucky Rules]

This move confirms that Tavarez was viewed as the worst reliever in the pen. That begs the question... why was he being used in close games when other players were available (not talking about the last extra inning game).

Other than the 12 inning game against the Twins he pitched mostly in blowouts. The only game that I recall that was close was the Houston game that McClung started. I thought the rest of his appearances were pretty much blowouts. I could be wrong on that, though.

 

 

 

[Oldcity]

Oh well. At least he's gone.

[Bucky Rules]

Yes. One less undependable reliever is always a good thing. Torres, Shouse, CV, and Riske. Still not a stellar group, but it got a bit better. I'm still crossing my fingers that Gagne can come back and become dependable.

[Invader3K]

Tavarez was quite mediocre with the Brewers, so no big loss there. Will be nice to have Riske back. Hopefully he is back to top flight shape.

[JoeHova]

mediocre, I think, means more like average or uninspiring. I think that sells Tavarez short, he was legitimately bad. 10 runs and 18 baserunners in 7 1/3 innings.

[And That]

I wonder if he'll accept the assignment in AAA or try again with another team?

[Invader3K]

OK, fair enough. He did have a couple good appearances, but the bad outweighed the good. You are correct there.

[hawing]

http://exploretheloft.com/jpgfiles/dm0003a.jpg

 

The Brewers listened to me and the ushers I was talking to last night! We all wanted Tavarez gone first. Yes!

 

(and welcome back to Riske)

[tigerbrew]

It was the right move, imo.

I agree. To me, he's the logical / obvious choice to remove.

[rluzinski]

Other than the 12 inning game against the Twins he pitched mostly in blowouts. The only game that I recall that was close was the Houston game that McClung started. I thought the rest of his appearances were pretty much blowouts.

 

That June 10th Houston game and the May 27th game against Atlanta.

[trwi7]

The right move. Whew, I was worried that DiFelice or Dillard would get sent down because they weren't "veteran-ey" enough.

[brewers19]

I'm not going to say that we told you so, Doug, but...

[davego]

He never pitched here, this didn't happen. It all occured outside the timeline.

[Scooter1027]

The right move. Whew, I was worried that DiFelice or Dillard would get sent down because they weren't "veteran-ey" enough.

I worried about the same thing. I mean, the built-in excuses were there -- DiFelice and Dillard have options, Tavarez doesn't, you can never have enough pitching depth, etc, etc. Ultimately though, you have to be able to get hitters out. We're in a playoff chase, our bullpen is unreliable as it is, we need the best group of arms we can piece together, regardless of options at this point. To me, DiFelice and Dillard bring much more to the table than Julian, so they should stay. If Tavarez was even just equal to those two, I would have been okay with sending one down. But from what I've seen, he's clearly worse.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

The reason why Yost went with Tavarez in high leverage situations was his experience. He's pitched in a couple World Series and in the playoffs many times. He didn't produce in those situations, therefore, he's gone. Good move by Melvin.

[mls4]

I wasn't against the move when we signed him, but I definitely now agree that we don't need him.

[Brawndo the Thirst Mutilat]

Yay! I'll never trust the broadcast team about anything ever again. Telling me yesterday they were sending down DiFelice to make room for Riske -- Trenni, stab your lying eyes!

[trwi7]

Oh dear. They're going to try Tavarez as a starter in Nashville. Hopefully he never makes a start here.

[endaround]

What has Nashville ever done to deserve both Weaver and Tavarez? Are they next going to get Ponson?

[sheethead]

What has Nashville ever done to deserve both Weaver and Tavarez? Are they next going to get Ponson?

The Yankees gobbled him up yesterday/today.