BALTIMORE: Steve Trachsel, P, DFA

by duck on Jun 10, 2008 3:16 PM EDT in News Comment 32 comments

The inevitable has finally happened - Steve Trachsel has been designated for assignment, ostensibly for the purposes of giving him his outright release.

From The (Baltimore) Sun :

The Orioles announced today that they have designated right-handed pitcher Steve Trachsel for assignment and selected the contract of first baseman Oscar Salazar from Triple-A Norfolk.

Trachsel, 37, was 2-5 with an 8.39 ERA in 10 games (8 starts) this season.

Salazar, 29, has a .311 batting average with seven home runs and 44 RBIs in 63 games for the Tides. He appeared in eight major league games with Detroit in 2002 and was signed by the Orioles as a minor league free agent in November 2006.

I would say "More as it becomes available...", but really, what is there to add?

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i feel that a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders

Trash Can, RIP. you never really belonged here in the first place. Veteran presence in the clubhouse only goes as far as performance will take you.

by Dave at Bottomfeeder Baseball on Jun 10, 2008 3:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Trax was steady for us last year

Honestly the way our pitching fell apart we were lucky to have him. Never really understood why they brought him back this year, though.

"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones

by Stacey on Jun 10, 2008 3:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think Trax was worth the gamble

But it didn’t work out. And they should have figured that out weeks ago.

"Whether your name is Gehrig or Ripken, DiMaggio or Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do."

by spike2131 on Jun 10, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know why - the rotation was a huge question mark.

Guthrie – Was he going to be the real deal?
Cabrera – You know the story.
Loewen – He pretty much came up to expectation.
Olson – He seemed over matched last year.
Burres – He’s barely staying afloat in the back of the rotation.

Who from the minors was ready to come up: Liz, Penn, etc.?

Trax was another cheap body to throw into the mix. If he panned out, sort of like last year, fine. He didn’t.

by drj on Jun 10, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Olson

Olson – He seemed over matched last year.

Did anyone else notice the shots Olson took at Mazzone in the Sun.

“If somebody is telling you that you don’t have to revamp everything you did to get here, you feel like you can keep going forward rather than backward,” said Olson, 5-1 with a 3.86 ERA.
“I’ve had success in the past throwing inside and being aggressive with hitters. At this level, Kranny’s been the first guy to reaffirm that for me. He encourages you to use your strengths.”

Reading between the lines interpretation, Leo made me pitch to a certain style that made me suck.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jun 10, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Leo seems to have done that to a lot of pitchers. Its amazing how much better our pitching is, overall, without him.

by spike2131 on Jun 10, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

plus look at mazzone's rear

by thewaywardO on Jun 10, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

buh-bye.

Salazar? Is 1B suddenly a need with Millar/Huff?

Now that I think about it – Huff’s only played a couple games at 1B this year…

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Jun 10, 2008 3:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He's probably played almost as many at 3B

as he has at 1B, yes?

I’m guessing this is to give Trembley more than fleas to pick from off the bench in late innnings…

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jun 10, 2008 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pests are a great analogy

with Interleague play coming so soon

You won't see a worse play than the one you just saw from the Yankee captain... 3DG 5/27/08

by 33 on Jun 10, 2008 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm thinking its an extra pinch hitter

Since we’ve got a road trip against the NL starting next week.

by spike2131 on Jun 10, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's kinda disorienting

having a front office that actually thinks of things like this.

by duck on Jun 10, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was time

a couple weeks ago, but it really didn’t drag on too far past the point it became obvious.

Dude’s got nothing to be ashamed of:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/trachst01.shtml

Hung in the majors since 93, logged 2500 innings

You won't see a worse play than the one you just saw from the Yankee captain... 3DG 5/27/08

by 33 on Jun 10, 2008 3:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But now,

who do we dine with?

You won't see a worse play than the one you just saw from the Yankee captain... 3DG 5/27/08

by 33 on Jun 10, 2008 3:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Trachsel, still.

He’ll be working at Red Lobster by the end of the week.

by getxstoked on Jun 10, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He might be better suited to a job that does not require speedy delivery.

Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.

by typozzz on Jun 10, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well...

maybe he’ll be working the smoker at a BBQ joint, it does take 14 hours to do a brisket, much like it took 14 hours for a typical Trachsel start.

by getxstoked on Jun 10, 2008 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Woo Hoo!!

More semblance of FO that knows what to do. Sorry Trax, and thank you for your service, but, buh-bye.

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jun 10, 2008 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm still a Trachsel fan.

Good luck on another team if you get the shot!

The 4 man bench is probably temporary. Once Bierd is healthy again, he’s getting called up and someone has to go down. A 4 man bench is only useful if some of those guys can hit. None of ours can.

by Y Not on Jun 10, 2008 3:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No idea what Salazar

can do, but he’s bound to be better use of a roster spot than Trax. Still, it was a nice career for Steve.

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 10, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so long stevie

so i wanted this to happen as badly as everyone esle. still, somehow, i’ll look back at trax fondly. yea, he may have been pretty sucky, but he gave us some good innings last year and he’s just a likeable dude. farwell, sir trash.

"Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July." - Earl Weaver

by daveh873 on Jun 10, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's about time..

I love Trax but he just doesn’t have it anymore. I wish him all the best.

Oscar Salazar Welcome to Birdland!

Geaux Eaux's

by NawlinsOriole on Jun 10, 2008 4:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Bye Trax

I don’t think anyone has anything against him, he just cannot pitch the ball anymore. I hope he retires because I just can’t see him being good anywhere anymore.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver

by Baltimo on Jun 10, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

party on, trashman.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jun 10, 2008 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Does that mean CC needs to change its tagline?

High fives all around! Should we chip in on a goodbye present?

by blawk359 on Jun 10, 2008 4:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So Long, Trax and thanks for alll the long, slow, lazy, innings

Let the rebuilding contuinue.

Writing is God's way of showing you how sloppy your thinking is.

by typozzz on Jun 10, 2008 4:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fantastic.

A FO that seems to make logical decisions…again and again…I’m not sure how to handle this.

"Might as well just win this game." - Adam Jones, 4/17/2008

Adam Jones is the tits.

by KenDixonFanClub on Jun 10, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

two words

texas rangers.

by thewaywardO on Jun 10, 2008 5:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Some idiot on WNST

suggested we pick up Sydney since he already had a history with the O’s and he looked alright this year. My older brother in Texas was telling me that they had to pick him up from a bar just hours before his last start and that his drinking was getting worse and worse…sounds like just what the O’s need during this rebuilding…

"Beatings will continue until morale improves"

by UMBC Oriole fan on Jun 10, 2008 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we'll need a mighty big crane

if we pick up Sid

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jun 10, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the TB trip

Pulled out of the hotel bar in the wee hours, then gave up something like 12 hits and 8 runs in 5 IP, I think. Pitched a fit in the dugout because he was pushed back a day, and one other outburst. But the bar trip was the straw that broke the GM’s back, I think.

by duck on Jun 10, 2008 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs