Here come the vultures

Well the dust finally cleared after Saturday and Sunday's cuts and the scavengers have moved in to grab the cuts.

D.C. was one of two teams making two grabs off the waiver wire. You can make it three if you count Sunday's pickup of Ramon Ramirez, cut by Hillsborough. Yesterday, they grabbed Kevin Gregg from Newark and Juan Cruz from Vancouver. Gregg was put right to the test yesterday, pitching two innings and giving up one run in D.C.'s 9-4 drubbing of Marietta.

Las Vegas was the other team making two moves yesterday. The Rat Pack continued the trend on relievers by signing Mudcat castoff Scott Linebrink. They also picked up DH Jim Thome, cut by Newark. While Thome was sent to the Vegas' AAA team, Linebrink was called into yesterday's 15-5 rout of Blue Ridge. Linebrink picked up a save while pitching 3 hitless innings.

Philadelphia was denied in getting Kevin Gregg, but was able to snatch third baseman Mark Reynolds from New Jersey. Reynolds also got into the game, a 13-4 blowout of Sardine City. Hmmm, do you notice a trend? All three teams that made waiver wire claims won in blowout fashion yesterday. Coincidence? Reynolds was a pinch hitter in the game, walking for Alex Rodriguez after the game got out of hand.

Carolina remained undefeated yesterday with a 6-4 win over Hoboken. Vernon Wells was 2-3 with 2 RBIs and three others hit solo home runs to lead the Mudcats to a 3-0 start - the last undefeated team standing in the DMBL.