Tomas placed on waivers

[pitbull]

From RotoWire:

Tomas was placed on outright waivers Saturday, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.

[QUOTE][Tomas failed to make the Diamondbacks' Opening Day roster this season despite Steven Souza opening the year on the disabled list with a pectoral injury. It wasn't a good sign for Tomas' future with Arizona, and he'll now almost certainly clear waivers and be removed from the 40-man roster; it's unlikely that another team will pick up the remaining three years and $46 million left on his contract. The 27-year-old owns a 98 career wRC+ and a very poor defensive reputation, making it hard for a team to justify keeping him on their roster let alone paying him over $15 million a year./QUOTE]

[Sour Masher]

This is the danger of giving so much money to someone whom you know so little about. Massive risk did not pay off in this case.

[joncarlos]

He can share stories of being the richest guy in AAA with Rusney Castillo.

Tomas doesn't seem totally useless - I'm surprised the DBacks can't find someone to take on 10% of his salary if they eat the rest. Seems like he could be a useful lefty killing DH type. I guess he's a victim of the 8 and 9 man bullpens everywhere.

[Sharky]

He can share stories of being the richest guy in AAA with Rusney Castillo.

Tomas doesn't seem totally useless - I'm surprised the DBacks can't find someone to take on 10% of his salary if they eat the rest. Seems like he could be a useful lefty killing DH type. I guess he's a victim of the 8 and 9 man bullpens everywhere.

Correction: the Dbacks are the victim of the 8-9 man bullpens everywhere... they're still on the hook for the full 100%.

[cavebird]

Nobody was ever going to touch that contract. It was a completely safe move---anyone claims, they say, have fun with that.