Bucs Claim Chris Leroux off Waivers, DFA Brian Bass

by biggyv on Sep 13, 2010 2:50 PM EDT

Per DK;

http://twitter.com/Dejan_Kovacevic/status/24405580264

Here are Leroux's career numbers. I suppose he strikes out a fair number of batters, but I can't say I know much about him. Can anyone shed some light?

Do you think Neal just gets bored sometimes and scours the waiver wire for guys like this? Just wondering what he sees that the Marlins may not have.

I need to write 75 words. I think this will do it.

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If he doesn't work out,

they could sell his contract to Japan like Hayden Penn.

by patthatt on Sep 13, 2010 3:01 PM EDT reply actions

He’s big (6’6, 230), he throws hard (92-95 FB), and he gets ground balls (~50% for his career). Teams will always be willing to take a chance on that and hope it works out. It’s not like they were giving anything up in the deal.

by ElDuce on Sep 13, 2010 3:07 PM EDT reply actions

Not give up anything?!?!

What about Brian Bass!?!?!

by JRoth95 on Sep 13, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Sitcom idea

I think we get Brian Bass, Brian Burress and Brian Bixler in a buddy comedy. They all live in a house and are Major league players. Funny already. Mix in some hot girlfriends and some relationship humor…

Gold, Jerry, gold.

by Wizard of Woz on Sep 13, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Life of Brian

by titanlord91 on Sep 13, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

+10

by JRoth95 on Sep 13, 2010 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I think we get Brian Bass, Brian Burress and Brian Bixler in a buddy comedy. They all live in a house and are Major league players.

I know it’s a sitcom and all, but let’s try to stay grounded in reality, please.

by maguro on Sep 13, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

they could all share an apartment outside Altoona

hire bob euker to be the house mother… errrrr, father

by white angus on Sep 13, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny I actually have a house for rent in Altoona.

by curvefan on Sep 13, 2010 4:36 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Title it “The Bumble B’s”

The Pittsburgh Pirates or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Loss

by phillybucco on Sep 13, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

More depth

In a thin pen. Nothing wrong with that.

by Brakeman8 on Sep 13, 2010 3:34 PM EDT reply actions

he can strike people out

and his K/BB were fine in the minors, so worth a shot…

by BurgherKing on Sep 13, 2010 3:55 PM EDT reply actions

Leroux has an unusual background.

Canadian kid, pitched on their national team a couple of times, including the WBC last year. Was a catcher in high school. Played his college ball at Winthrop, missed most of his last year there after TJ surgery.

ElDuce has the meat of it. Big kid, throws hard, keeps the ball down. Fastball/slider reliever, also throws a change sometimes. Threw a big curveball in college, which is part of why he tore his arm up. The Marlins wouldn’t let him throw it anymore after they drafted him, and they had some workload restrictions on him coming up through the system as well, as a preventative measure – for example, he wasn’t allowed to work on back-to-back days, and got two mandatory rest days after two-inning appearances.

At least moderately interesting, given his stuff and groundball tendencies. Particularly given that Bass is the alternative.

by Vlad on Sep 13, 2010 4:19 PM EDT reply actions

I'm glad Bass is gone.

When he “appeared” in a game the other day, I thought my dad was going to be sick watching him.

I’ll give NH credit for constantly scouring the waiver wires and taking chances on some guys with potential. When DL was in the job, it seemed like he just DFAing our own crap and then bringing ’em back after everyone else passed..

by patthatt on Sep 13, 2010 4:30 PM EDT reply actions