John Smoltz and Jason Giambi DFA’d…
It was a bad day yesterday to be a former star of the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Former 1996 National League Cy Young award winner John Smoltz was designated for assignment by the Boston Red Sox and former 2000 American League MVP Jason Giambi was dealt the same fate by the Oakland A’s.
For those of you not familiar with the term “designated for assignment or DFA’d,” it means that the team the player was on has 10 days to try to trade him, or the player can accept a minor-league assignment, or if all else fails that player will be released and is free to sign with any ball club. I will talk about Smoltz first since I have more to say about him than I do Giambi.
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