The timing is interesting to me. Why waive him now if they don't have someone to replace him in mind. If they just wanted to spot it would have made more sense to wait until the end of the offseason to deal him in case they needed his salary in a trade.
I expect a signing or a trade to replace his roster spot to come soon.
In retrospect they should not have picked up his option last year. Had they not picked up his option they would have $3.5 more MM to spend on the free agent market.
Tacko on the roster would be good, but I would rather see him replace Strus as the 2nd 2 way and sign/trade for an immediate rotation guy.
I didn't see Strus. What does he do? How did he grab a two way?
He’s pure 3&D. He obviously impressed the C’s in workouts and was certainly on their draft board. They signed him to a 2-way minutes after the draft ended, because they knew they wanted him. He started his college career in D-2 before moving up to DePaul for two seasons, in which he set school records for 3s.
He’s a good guy for a two-way. The type of replacement level guy you can call up for a few games when everyone’s is hurt/sick and the send back down when you don’t need him. Think Chris Babb but not on 10-day contracts.
