Phillies claim Carrera, designate Inciarte
After one game, the Phillies roster has undergone change. They claimed outfielder Ezequiel Carrera off waivers from Cleveland and designated outfielder Ender Inciarte for assignment Tuesday.
Phillies claim Carrera, designate Inciarte
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
ATLANTA — After one game, the Phillies roster has undergone change.
They claimed outfielder Ezequiel Carrera off waivers from Cleveland and designated outfielder Ender Inciarte for assignment Tuesday. The move is a shuffle of fifth outfielders. With a hole in right field and no particularly good answer for at least a month, Carrera could stand to gain playing time.
The 25-year-old Venezuelan led the majors with 11 stolen bases this spring. He has 116 games of major-league experience, all with the Indians, and a career .653 OPS. Of those 116 games, 88 were starts.
Carrera, a lefthanded hitter, was out of options and designated for assignment March 25 by Cleveland. Earlier in the spring, Indians manager Terry Francona said, "His speed impacts the game."
He can play all three outfield positions, with the majority of his time coming in center field. Carrera was originally signed by the New York Mets from Venezuela.
Charlie Manuel started John Mayberry Jr. in right field Monday. He said he has no problem platooning Mayberry and Laynce Nix until Delmon Young's return from ankle surgery. Young was scheduled to play the outfield for three innings in an extended spring training game Tuesday.
But Young's addition to the roster is not imminent and the team is not enamored of Mayberry nor Nix. In an ideal world, one of them swings a hot bat and earns the majority of at-bats. If not, Carrera enters the equation.
Inciarte, 22, did not appear in Monday's season opener. As a Rule 5 pick, the Phillies were required to keep him on the active roster for all of 2013. It was a challenge, considering he had never played a game above single A. The Phillies could have attempted to trade for his rights with Arizona.
If a team claims Inciarte off waivers, they must follow the same Rule 5 stipulations. If he clears waivers, the Diamondbacks recover his rights. The Phillies will receive $25,000 in exchange.
Carrera will be in uniform Wednesday, the Phillies said.
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@dasher, if I thought it would help, I'd do it, but to tell you the truth, I'm more inclined to change it to @amarosux.— advantasux- @advantasux, that sounds mighty good to me, and I will then change mine to amarodasherofallhope!
BTW: Where do you suppose @warbiscuit is today? Should we worry?— dasher - @amarodasherofallhope...funny play on your handle and mine in one shot and also has a nice ring to it. Anyway, even if it didn't, who am I to question the undisputed king of funny handles? Amazing to see how frequently your Ruin Tomorrow handle is used these days.
As for @war, funny you would write and ask that. I saw that you wrote to pose the same question almost 3 hours ago and I had the same thought all evening long. I must have checked 5 or 6 times today to see what funny things he wrote, but there's nothing, anywhere, on any story.
Seriously, it's like the guy spent weeks and months getting ready for the Prom and then didn't show up to pick up his date. Where the heck could he be?
I keep trying to get a mental image of him...does he seem to be a dad who maybe just took his kids to DisneyWorld and is offline for the next ten days while he and the kiddies are posing with Mickey? No? Can't picture that?
How about he's in Special Ops and he was home these past several months in between missions in Afghanistan and he headed back there this past week? Does that work any better?
If neither of those scenarios work, could it be possible that one of his fans on this site found out where he lived and beat and gagged him? I'm concentrating hard and am beginning to get a fuzzy image of him tied up and laying on the floor inches away from his keyboard and monitor and he's seeing that you and I are at least asking about him.
@War, hello! Give us a shout if you can! @dash, @ghost and I are worried about you. If @dogbiscuit is there, tell him to lighten up.
— advantasux - @advanta, one thing I NEVER do is respond to any of @dogs**ts posts. He's an imbecile who never provides anything to any discussion other than hide behind his "wittle keyboard" throwing tiny spitballs in the form of insults that he would NEVER say to someone's face. He reminds me of someone that was so bullied in school that he lashes out now in the comfort (and safety) of his own (or his mother's) house. EVERYONE should ignore him.
- Of course, I'm talking about DOGBISCUITTHEMORON, not Warbiscuit. Warbiscuit, no matter what his detractors say, is usually right on the money whereas his Amaro/Manuel koolaid drinking sheep detractors hide their heads in the sand and accept every ridiculous move Amaro and Manuel make. I guess they don't realize how stupid they sound when they defend the indefensible.
- @advantasux, that was such a tremendous post! I'm thinking that after watching last night's debacle, he renounced all worldly involvement and is headed for Tibet to become a monk and live a life of Philabacy. That means no titles for the rest of his life.— dasher
- @dash, he headed to Tibet and took a vow of "Philabacy"? Meaning no titles for the rest of his life? Dear Lord, my man, you are one funny human being. I am laughing hysterically over here. Where do you come up with this stuff?
Seriously, even as we're writing this goofy stuff about him, it does boggle the mind that @war would voluntarily pick yesterday and today as the days to go dark on us. I keep picking thru the obits looking for any clue, any moniker that suggests "war" or "biscuits", and I'm checking the local crime logs for any background that would tip us off as to his whereabouts. I am actually concerned, I won't lie to you.
@ghost, I hear ya about @dogbiscuit, there's never the need to debate his posts because they're nothing but bashes of all other folks write. He seems to be ignoring my posts of late, probably because you and a few others (@Copper, most notably) have written more acerbic stuff than I have the past week or two.— advantasux - @advanta, one thing you can count on is @dogface showing up. He's like a bad penny or the mother-in-law you can never get rid of.
- @dash, ten minutes in, and I'm still laughing.— advantasux
- irrlevant nonsensse -- this team is about as close to first place as it will be all season -- it' s all further downhill from here
told you so no. 2 of 162
worst imbecile of a g.m. in history of baseball— warbiscuit - Welcome back @war. If you're like me, you're getting tired of beating a dead horse. That is, until tomorrow when both Amaro and Manuel will somehow find a way to give us more endless cannon fodder in the form of relentless ridiculous moves and decisions.
- @dogscat is merely a fly on the great windshield of life. Pay him no mind.
One final thought, and then I must get to sleep, because I have to be fully ready and alert to help get Doc through the Braves' lineup tonight:
You have probably read how some of the video gamers can literally die at the keyboard, so absorbed in racking up points that they take no break for food, drink, rest, or even bathroom. I picture @warbiscuit in a windowless, cramped room at the keyboard, haggard and unshaven, surrounded by walls plastered with hundreds of clippings of bad Phillies' trades, free agents lost, draft choices squandered, etc. There are countless surveillance photos of Amaro, Proefrock, Monty, Giles, Wheels, and many others...but mainly Amaro, his head circled in red. I picture poor @warbiscuit slumped over his keyboard with philly.com on his screen and a piece of paper jammed in his printer that repeats, over and over, "All work and no play makes biscuit a dull boy."
Hopefully, the EMTs will reach him in time...— dasher - @ghost, now that @war rejoined us, no doubt @dog isn't far behind. He has an intravenous drip in his arm attached to this site, and it activates when he sees a certain four or five of us out here.
@war, where the h*ll have you been? Been searching all over for you, my man. Now is not the time to fade into the darkness. You've primed the pump all winter long. This is going to get ugly real fast, I think.— advantasux - @advanta, had to hit the hay a little earlier last night, but I hear you regarding @doggystyle. The thing is, you can't draw him out when you try -- he's too much of a narcissist to allow himself to be dragged out screaming like a little girl by one of us, UNLESS he's the one that initiates the attack. He'll show up eventually, spewing his cowardly vile yellow bile that continues to permeate the website like Satan's breath. Too bad he's just a lonely little boy looking for attention.
- BISCUIT LIVES!!!
(Smiley face emoticon)— dasher
