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One team claimed him, for nothing. Certainly possible another team could've claimed him, but it also doesn't mean teams would've lined up to trade prospects for the guy either. I guess maybe I'm giving DM a bit of leeway here because he's never really shied away from trading relievers, and good relievers, for prospects. The Braves always treated relievers as recycled trading chips, and we've been no different.
Either way, it's a bit shocking that any left handed pitcher with solid numbers this year would slip past 12-13 teams all fighting for a wild card spot... for nothing. Complaining about this is taking your eye off the ball... the question is why they cut the guy to begin with. It's fairly obvious his value was not that high. And more importantly, my point was that Rany was wrong... there's no way DM could negotiate with 29 teams when most of them just passed on the guy for nothing. It's right there, clear as day to the world, and not even debatable.
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