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Gary Sheffield Waived By Tigers

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Teams aren't permitted to comment on the waiver process, so it's possible the timing is coincidental. But there were indications that the Tigers floated Sheffield's name in trade talks before the July 31 trading deadline. So it seems likely that Sheffield's latest remarks have prompted them to see if interest in him may have picked up this month in the wake of a number of injuries to prominent players on several contenders.

Other teams would have until Thursday afternoon to place a claim on Sheffield, who has one year remaining on his contract (at $14 million) beyond this season. If he clears waivers, he could be traded to any of the other 29 teams. If he's claimed, the Tigers then would have 48 hours to deal him to the club that claims him.

No, I don't want him on the Cubs -- they don't need him. Just posted this as a point of interest. I suspect he's going to Tampa.

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Tampa Bay would seem to be a good fit

or Boston

2008 Cubs: Who needs nine innings, when you only need a 7th?

by Chanman25 on Aug 12, 2008 4:53 PM CDT   0 recs

Well... I think he's from Tampa

So, that would be a good fit.

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Aug 12, 2008 8:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I heard that BOS will block him by claiming him.

Is this the case?

Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?

by Kinky Reggae on Aug 12, 2008 9:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If it is, I bet the Tigers will say, "He's yours!"

And the Red Sox do NOT want him.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 13, 2008 4:04 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheffield is owed $14 million next season, therefore I doubt Boston will claim him for fear of being on the hook for that salary

Remember the Randy Myers debacle several years ago? Toronto put the significantly faded reliever on waivers and San Diego put in a claim to block him being traded along with cash to Los Angeles (or was it San Francisco). Well, Toronto jumped on it and forced Myers and his remaining $12 million on San Diego.

by MDBNIU on Aug 13, 2008 10:01 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

my guess too

with Longoria going down for 15 days with a broken bone in his wrist. Thats seems to sound familiar with our first baseman from a couple years ago. That was a VERY long 15 days, if you know what I mean.

by pickupman21 on Aug 12, 2008 4:59 PM CDT   0 recs

Doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Former Dodgers GM Paul Depodesta:

Due to these rules, many teams will place virtually there entire 25-man Major League roster on trade waivers at some point during August (maximum of seven per day) even if they have no intention of trading any of them.

by cwyers on Aug 12, 2008 5:10 PM CDT   0 recs

True.

But in this case, I think the Tigers have had it with Sheffield and they’re going to deal him.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 12, 2008 5:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

this has astros

all over it. hahahahaha

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Aug 12, 2008 5:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Not with $14 mil due next season..

and the Astros already having a semi-DH/LF coming back for ‘09 in the person of Carlos Lee. I can see the Mets taking on the payroll though, and a chance to grab a local headline away from the Yanks.

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 12, 2008 8:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Isn't this the last year of Sheff's contract?

I thought it was a two year deal.

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by IowaCubs- on Aug 13, 2008 10:06 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

nevermind... i just found it... he's owed $14 mil next season, too

Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.

by IowaCubs- on Aug 13, 2008 10:11 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Howwabout MArlins?

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...

by LPLancer23 on Aug 12, 2008 5:14 PM CDT   0 recs

He'd be ideal for the fish...

He’d be an upgrade over Josh Willingham. Then they could trade him in the offseason for peanuts.

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by IowaCubs- on Aug 13, 2008 10:11 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good for Detroit

Here it is that Dave Dombrowski and Jim Leyland salvage his tattered career coming out of New York and he reverts back to old form and blasts Leyland for platooning him and not playing him in the outfield even though he can’t even throw. Serves the bastard right to be unmercifully cut. Tigers are swallowing a lot of salary on this move, but I say good for them. Sheffield is a cancer in the league of fellow roid boy Barry Bonds.

by MDBNIU on Aug 12, 2008 5:21 PM CDT   0 recs

Loads Of Talent And Crap For Brains

For someone with his ability, he’s been on far too many teams. His problem is he has chip on his shoulder the size of Sa-Sa-Sabathia, and therefore he’s always off in a corner somewhere snarling like a dog. Thing is, the guy is just stupid. As in not smart, no intelligence, and more to the point, no common sense. Nothing is ever his fault, it’s almost always about race, and after a short amount of time in a new city he’s always blatherig on about the last place he was, how so and so had problem with black players, or he was misunderstood, or some such shit. And now, he has a basic misunderstanding about the meaning of the word platoon and what it means in baseball. He doesn’t understand the word because as I said, he’s not that bright.

However, somebody will probably want him for the stretch run, and if he does go somewhere else, by the end of the season he’ll find something to complain about there, too. Why? Because the guy is an idiot.

He’s my least favorite player of all time. No one else comes close. His physical gifts are Hall of Fame caliber, but his head qualifies as a felony. A bigger jackass you will never find. Even more than Bonds. If there’s any justice in baseball this is the end of his career.

So let me tell you what I REALLY think…......

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Aug 12, 2008 6:26 PM CDT   0 recs

Yep

Gary Sheffield is a puke and a race baiter. It’s also very obvious that he was long time steroid abuser.

by MDBNIU on Aug 12, 2008 10:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If I'm not mistaken

Didn’t he admit to not play very hard when he was with the brewers?

"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"

by MerlinDog on Aug 13, 2008 8:05 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes.

He hated playing in Milwaukee and wanted to get out of there, so he admitted deliberately dogging it so they’d get rid of him.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 13, 2008 8:31 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Jerk? No Doubt

A cancer? For sure
Former steroid user? Based on Game of Shadows, I would say yes.
Dumb? Not in the slightest. This guy is probably one of the smarter guys in the whole league.

That doesn’t mean I want him on the Cubs though. I can’t stand the guy and as a Tigers fan I hope he is playing with someone else (not the Cubs) very soon.

by madeindetroit on Aug 13, 2008 8:49 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Shef admits he did steroids

But he insists he didn’t know that’s what they were.

From this goldmine of an article.

Bonds stealing Sheffield’s personal chef might be my favorite thing ever.

by Wreckard on Aug 13, 2008 11:37 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I would suggest.....

.... that someone with the history of Sheffield, whose career is riddled with self-inflicted wounds, eminently avoidable wounds, is indeed a very stupid man.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Aug 13, 2008 4:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheff

Sheff is the type of player that should never be given more than one year on a contract. It doesn’t matter which team he plays for. He wears out his welcome every single time. He really must be a bitter person.

by Kornchex on Aug 12, 2008 6:27 PM CDT   0 recs

The sad thing for him

is that he is going to be a miserable lonely old man with NO ONE who wants to talk to him or be a friend to him. A man will reap what he sows.

by Archie on Aug 13, 2008 10:01 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheffield reminds me a lot of...

...Albert Belle. Same horrible attitude, penchant for off-beat sayings and ideas, offensively talented (no pun intended), and--per the comment above—likely to be lonely old men. To quote Goose from Top Gun, “they were abused children.” – TL

by timlacy on Aug 13, 2008 10:26 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

cant wait

to hear his next interview. wandering if Leyland was prejudice against him cause he’s black.

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Aug 12, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

or 50-0, depending on their consistency

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by IowaCubs- on Aug 13, 2008 10:13 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

But

how could they stay consistent without Sheff at the helm?

by rea5661 on Aug 13, 2008 2:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

All I know is

if the Cubs make the world series (knock on wood) the Cubs are light a bat. As of right now, Fukudome can’t hit. I would not be upset if we signed him.

by JEROMEWALTON'SBATTINGSTANCE on Aug 12, 2008 9:36 PM CDT   0 recs

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I’d be upset. Sheffield is an ASS. He can’t field. He’s not hitting.

Other than that, he’s a perfect fit….

Sorry for being so strong in the comments, but this would be a horrible decision.

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 12, 2008 9:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

as far as I know

there are no clubhouse cancers. no need to add one.

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Aug 12, 2008 10:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed.

He is now the worst hybrid in baseball. Barry Bonds in the Clubhouse and Jacque Jones in the field.

no thanks.

Sorry folks, parks closed. Moose out front should have told you.

by N Oakley on Aug 13, 2008 9:07 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheffield is such a jerk....

... that if the difference between 100 years and 101 years was Sheffield, I’d wait.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Aug 13, 2008 4:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He may be a jerk, he may wind up a miserable old man...

but he has been paid a ton of money. All these things were known, and the Tigers signed him anyway. Stupid.

by Nibbles on Aug 13, 2008 10:45 PM CDT   0 recs

Nitpick

They didn’t sign him; they traded three minor leaguers to the Yankees for him. None of the three has made the major leagues yet.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 14, 2008 8:51 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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