April 15, 200620 yr It's in the game notes. No real surprise here, other than the Dodgers wanted him back.
April 15, 200620 yr he was hurt the whole time, so he became no value to us anyway They put him on the DL to keep him on the roster probably so they could take as much time as possible to decide what to do about him.
April 15, 200620 yr Kid had good upside, could be a good thing, maybe a bad. Atleast we got 25K back.
April 15, 200620 yr At least Beast worked out, more successful rule V than usual, Septimo at Greensboro has also been very good.
April 15, 200620 yr Author We didn't need Megrew. Our pitching, outside of the veterans on the team, has been excellent. Even with the inflated ERAs of Moehler, Borowski and Wellemeyer, we're the 7th best pitching staff in the NL.
April 15, 200620 yr We have to be the most miserly team in the game today, if we don't want to pay a measely $25k to keep a promising pitcher. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt us.
April 15, 200620 yr We have to be the most miserly team in the game today, if we don't want to pay a measely $25k to keep a promising pitcher. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt us. Who said it had anything to do with money? We've returned Rule V picks before.
April 16, 200620 yr We have to be the most miserly team in the game today, if we don't want to pay a measely $25k to keep a promising pitcher. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt us. This is a business, not a charity. Megrew had to be paid over $300K in salary alone (major league minimum), not including benefits and other expenses (travel, allowance, doctor visits and rehab stints). If he proved to be healthy, he'd also have to be activated from the DL and given one of the 25 roster spots. If he didn't prove healthy, they weren't allowed to stash him on the DL the entire season. All this for a pitcher on a team that has many talented young pitchers? Is it worth it? BTW, the club didn't just give him back to LA. They offered him back. LA wanted him back and they had to repay $25K of the Marlins' initial cost of drafting him ($50K, I believe).
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