I brought that up a while back thinking that there was a good chance he wouldn't be claimed and multiple people thought I was crazy.Everyone is ready to jettison Hembree, but what about Johnson?
I know he's a lefty, but he hasn't exactly lit it up. When push comes to shove and Thornburg and Wright are ready, there's a hard decision to be made.
I know he's cheap but the guy is 27, he can reach back and occasionally touch 88 and he has a career 5.5 ERA. I just don't see other teams getting all that excited about him and really if they DFA him and he does get claimed is it even a great loss.
I'd probably also DFA Wright but it seems like he and Thornburg are going to be on this team shortly and even though he hasn't been good lately I'd rather keep Hembree. That means Velazquez down to AAA which kind of sucks but at least they could keep him stretched out and I don't see any reason to have Velazquez and Wright both in the bullpen.