Yankees and Nationals Scouting Silva

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The Cubs have been watching Carlos Silva's spring starts closely as they decide whether he deserves a spot in their starting rotation, but Chicago hasn't been the only team following Silva's progress. According to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago, the Yankees and Nationals are among the clubs scouting the right-hander.

When the Cubs acquired Silva in exchange for Milton Bradley last winter, the Mariners agreed to send $9MM to Chicago in the deal. Seattle will pay $5.5MM of that money this season, reducing the weight of Silva's $11.5MM salary on the Cubs' payroll. Still, given the presence of younger, cheaper starting options, it makes sense that the Cubs would move Silva for a decent offer.

Levine reported last weekend that scouts were on hand to watch Silva's earlier spring start, in which he allowed six runs in the first inning and had a dugout confrontation with Aramis Ramirez. The scouts who watched Silva pitch today presumably came away a little more impressed, as the 31-year-old turned in his best performance so far this spring.

Yankees, Nationals Scouting Carlos Silva: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

Let's hope someone takes him.

 

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Just seems like they are sending out feelers..

 

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Yankees, Nationals Scouting Carlos Silva: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

Let's hope someone takes him.

I love where the article says, "presumably [the scouts] came away a little more impressed with his most recent outing..."

No shit, he didn't get in a fight in the dugout after setting an ERA around 50.

 

[Jntg4]

I love where the article says, "presumably [the scouts] came away a little more impressed with his most recent outing..."

No shit, he didn't get in a fight in the dugout after setting an ERA around 50.

Sadly, that was his best outing of the spring yesterday, and it wasn't even good.