D-backs DFA struggling Madison Bumgarner

[Auggie]

PHOENIX -- One day after watching him give up seven runs in three innings and just over three seasons into a five-year, $85 million contract, the D-backs on Thursday designated left-handed pitcher Madison Bumgarner for assignment. Left-hander Anthony Misiewicz was recalled from Triple-A Reno in a corresponding move.

Bumgarner finished his tenure in Arizona with a 15-32 mark and a 5.23 ERA in 69 starts. He can now be traded or claimed by another team off waivers within seven days.

https://www.mlb.com/news/madison-bumgarner-designated-for-assignment-by-d-backs

Heart-breaking. Hope he can turn it around.

[The Polack MSgt]

1. He crushed us back in the day, but I hope he can figure it out

But let's be honest...

If that was the game that sent him to retirement? ... OK

It doesn''t square shit up in my eyes

[Brother Buzz]

2. Maybe he'll hang up his spikes and put on his spurs and start roping more cattle

MVP Pitcher Madison Bumgarner Has A Secret Life — As A Champion Cattle-Roper

February 24, 2020




Major league pitcher Madison Bumgarner carries the 2014 San Francisco Giants championship pennant while riding a police horse before a game in 2015. The Athletic reports that Bumgarner has been competing at rodeos under an alias.

Major League Baseball's opening day is a little more than a month off. But one of the boys of summer has been cross-training in the off season — by roping cattle. Professionally. Under an alias.

Madison Bumgarner, the left-handed pitching ace who was 2014 World Series MVP with the San Francisco Giants, has been entering — and sometimes winning — rodeo events under the name Mason Saunders.

The delightful revelation was reported Sunday by The Athletic, in the rare instance of investigative reporting unearthing evidence that the world is secretly better than we knew.

It turns out the news was hiding in plain sight if you knew where to look — on the Facebook page of Rancho Rio, "Arizona's premier equine facility," which hosts a plethora of cattle roping competitions northwest of Phoenix. One such event is team roping, in which one horseback rider ropes the front end of a steer while a second rider ropes the hind.

"Jaxson Tucker & Mason Saunders took home the biggest paycheck of the day topping the #12.5 Big Gamble," the arena posted in early December. "The duo roped four steers in 31.36 seconds to pocket $26,560 in CASH!"

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/24/809024375/mvp-pitcher-madison-bumgarner-has-a-secret-life-as-a-champion-cattle-roper

[ificandream]

3. I'm hoping he retires as a Giant.

Bring him back for one last appearance like they did with Sergio Romo.

[RussBLib]

4. what happens with his contract?

If another team claims him off waivers, does da Bum still get the money in his contract? Not sure how that works.

[Auggie]

5. Any team that claims Bumgarner takes on the contract. But who would want to?

Although Bumgarner won't pitch again for the Diamondbacks, Arizona will be responsible for the balance of his contract -- he had $37 million remaining entering the season, including $14 million next year. -- https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/madison-bumgarner-dfa-diamondbacks-designate-veteran-pitcher-for-assignment-after-brutal-2023-start/

If he clears waivers -- and he will -- then Arizona owes the balance, whatever happens.