Dave Williams

The Reds designated pitcher Dave Williams for assignment.

The shocking thing about this is the Reds dealt Sean Casey straight-up for Williams.

GM Wayne Krivsky deserves accolades for recognizing the mistakes of his predecessor, Dan O'Brien, and doing something about them. (The first being Tony Womack, DFA-ed a couple weeks ago.)

Cutting bait on your own roster mistakes is a lesson taken from Krivsky's actions.

I rid myself of Bruce Chen prior to his start in texas. I had protected him at $10. if he had repeated his 2005 performance levels, he'd have been a good pitcher, but he was far, far, far from those levels.

Another team criticized me for the decision.

Hindsight has proven it to be a good one.

So far.