MJ Cut, Barkley IRed

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(09-02-2018, 08:56 PM)mikey6866 Wrote: It was because they trusted him to not sign anywhere else.  They probably told him when they cut him they had to keep 2 guys to get them on ir and told him they would sign him back at full salary after they sneak their guys to the ir without losing one of them the full season.  It was simply a roster move to get our guys to ir by cutting a veteran they trusted to be loyal and come back.

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I've been saying it since he and Hewitt were cut.  They are not subject to waivers, so it's easy to do a handshake deal of we are going to re-up you tomorrow after we get the IR guys done. The alternative was waive Tate for now and see if he went unclaimed. The easier option is what they did with MJ...