Vinnie Chulk’s Giant days have come to an end. The Giants have designated him for assignment and called up Sergio Romo, the Merc’s Andy Baggarly reports on his blog. (UPDATE: Chris Haft reports Chulk won’t accept a minor-league demotion if he goes unclaimed by other teams.)
Apparently I wasn’t the only one to notice Chulk’s habit of allowing other people’s runs to score. Maddening for a guy with such good stuff; let him figure it out somewhere else. And let us all note the final connection to Jeremy Accardo, traded two summers ago for Shea Hillenbrand and Chulk. In case you lost track, Accardo had a breakout year in ‘07 but has battled injury this year. He hasn’t pitched since early May.
Romo was in AA — er, Connecticut, that is — but only a few months removed from single-A, where he had laughing-gas silly silly numbers last year:
66 IP / 35 H / 4 HR / 15 BB / 106 K
He turned 25 in March and is old for his level, thus continuing the Giants recent pattern of moving the older fringe prospects up.
