FRIDAY: Nieves has cleared waivers and rejected an assignment to the minors, reports Troy Renck of the Denver Post. Nieves is eligible for free agency on Saturday.
WEDNESDAY: The Rockies announced that they designated catcher Wil Nieves for assignment after reinstating him from the 15-day disabled list (Twitter link). Nieves appeared in 16 games for the Rockies this year, but has been sidelined since July 8th with turf toe.
The 34-year-old posted a .298/.333/.404 batting line in 51 plate appearances this year. The nine-year MLB veteran has a career line of .226/.272/.296 that is likely more indicative of his abilities on offense.
FS54 2
WOW no one cares about Wil Nieves? Wonder if Nats would be interested.
RichardPapen00
As a Nat’s fan, I wouldn’t mind if they picked him up. Flores is getting busted up back there and the whole lot of back-ups filling in for Ramos hasn’t caught anyone stealing in what seems like forever…
WolandJR
WHO?!?! Wil Nieves.
HalfSt
Exactly. Other teams won’t know. What other teams ever featured Wil in a commercial.
Justin
The Brewers
HalfSt
Come home Wil. We still love you in DC. I think that is almost guaranteed.