Is Difo a stud???

[whytev]

I'm not sure I lose Lobaton just yet either--his defense cannot be underestimated.

I like Difo---losing Clint as a LHPH would be tough though too. Experience (Drew and Clint) counts for something. Love your starting lineup though.

Drew and Heisey are enough experience pinch-hitting for me.

[Squab]

I think he's doing a great job playing his way into a waiver trade deal for a reliever.

What I meant here was that he would be traded for someone we claimed. Like Matt Thornton last year. Maybe I don't know how that works.

[whytev]

What I meant here was that he would be traded for someone we claimed. Like Matt Thornton last year. Maybe I don't know how that works.

Both players have to clear waivers unless one isn't on the 40, I think.

[aussienatsfan]

Severino is better than lobaton, heck of a receiver and can hit just enough to be backup catcher

[Truconfidence]

Severino is better than lobaton, heck of a receiver and can hit just enough to be backup catcher

He could be a starter on a team that has hitting everywhere else.

[dshawg77]

Severino is better than lobaton, heck of a receiver and can hit just enough to be backup catcher

I guess I need to look up his minor league stats! Starter material?

Edit: Offensively he is not all that, but D keeps you in the league:

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=600474#/career/R/hitting/2016/ALL

He can run!

[dshawg77]

Bad communication between him (Difo) and Harper yesterday on that one play. Mistakes happen but I am sure many of you saw that.

[BrandonK]

What I meant here was that he would be traded for someone we claimed. Like Matt Thornton last year. Maybe I don't know how that works.

Both players have to clear waivers unless one isn't on the 40, I think.

This. Since Difo is on the 40-man, he also has to clear waivers to be part of a waiver trade. If someone claimed him and offered a MiLB player for him, then that's an option. That'd be rare.

[whytev]

This. Since Difo is on the 40-man, he also has to clear waivers to be part of a waiver trade. If someone claimed him and offered a MiLB player for him, then that's an option. That'd be rare.

Usually waiver deals are for money.

[BrandonK]

Usually waiver deals are for money.

Sometimes. Thorton was to eat the contract (they simply accepted the waiver claim), but they traded Suzuki, DeJesus, Anderson Hernandez, Ronnie Belliard, Ayala, Wily Mo, Fruto, Ray King, Livan, Ward, Anderson, Mike Stanton, and Deivi Cruz are all examples of "waiver wire" trades.