Posted August 8, 200915 yr What about Padilla he is a hard thrower, he has the same record as Kevin Millwood during the same amount of time.
August 8, 200915 yr Seems Vincente won't be missed and for good reason - he's, if you believe what's to be read, a certifiable headcase. The first piece linked below is the must-read, the remainder interesting, but take five minutes to read the first...here's a few out takes: "There was a fleeting -- but highly publicized -- moment after home plate umpire Bob Davidson issued empathic warnings to both the Rangers' and the Athletics' dugouts on Wednesday evening that Vicente Padilla, after insolently mocking Davidson's pointing gestures... ...And less than 48 hours after Padilla infuriated teammates, coaches, executives and fans alike with not only that little exhibition of dugout audacity, but yet another occurrence of teammate endangerment with his first-inning plunking of Oakland's Kurt Suzuki (and, for that matter, a lacking 5.2-inning effort which some team personnel reportedly called a "gutless performance")... ...was first reported by D Magazine's Evan Grant early Friday evening, the Rangers, citing presumably deep-seated trust issues and Padilla's unpalatable standing as a "bad teammate," have elected to designate the 31-year-old Nicaraguan right-hander for assignment... ...While the existence of a 10-day window during which the Rangers can trade, release or outright Padilla to the minors technically gives Texas some modicum of flexibility, the probability of a team opting to burden itself with the $5.75 million guaranteed to Padilla through the remainder of the 2009 regular season -- which includes a $1.75 million ransom to buy out his $12 million team option for 2010... ...beyond his recurrent endangerment of his teammates' well-being and safety with his maddening disposition for head-hunting, a brief triangulation of the assorted media accounts of the situation reveals that Padilla (a) was frequently tardy and/or absent to team meetings, including advanced scouting meetings and team functions, (b) would evacuate to the clubhouse during games to check his e-mail and surf the Internet, and © had fostered the perception that he didn't really care about the Rangers as a whole or his teammates..." and there there's so much more. http://www.bbtia.com/home/2009/8/8/newsflash-vicente-padilla-designated-for-assignment.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/DN-ranglede_08spo.ART.State.Edition2.4c0f5a4.html http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090807&content_id=6296582&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
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