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Baseball Musings
August 12, 2008
Owings Named Later

This should make Reds fans a bit happier about the Dunn trade. One of the players to be named later is Micah Owings.

It's unclear if Owings has yet to be placed on waivers. He will have to clear waivers if he is to be traded before the end of the season.

It's possible that Owings has been placed on waivers already and was claimed by another team, at which point the Diamondbacks would have pulled him back off waivers. That would mean he would not be able to be traded until the conclusion of the regular season.

It's also unclear is Owings' physical condition could be a factor in the deal. He is expected to miss his start Wednesday with shoulder stiffness.

He can take over for Dunn in leftfield and pitch. Owings started this season well but hasn't pitched well since the start of June. It makes you wonder how much his stock has dropped in the last year and a half. The Diamondbacks wouldn't give him up in the Randy Johnson trade, but he goes as a PTBNL in a trade for Dunn.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:27 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

How can Owens be a PTBNL? I thought the rules require that the PTBNL changes leagues in the course of the transaction.

Posted by: CJ at August 12, 2008 10:46 PM

Huh? I didn't think a PTBNL could be on the 40 man roster.

Posted by: dave at August 13, 2008 12:19 AM
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