Nationals option Ray King to Triple-A
The Nationals optioned veteran left hander Ray King to Triple-A today and called up Mike O’Connor to be the team’s long man out of the bullpen.
King was obviously not happy with the move and said he’d take his time reporting to Columbus. King wants to be on a major league roster and said he would seek a trade to make that happen. General manager Jim Bowden said he wasn’t against working out a trade if it helped the team. Knowing Bowden’s reputation with trades, he’s probably going to ask for a Jay Bruce type of prospect in return.
“After 14, 15 years, you come in, [they] tell you you don’t have a job, it’s very surprsing,” King said. “I guess when things go bad, we start looking for other avenues. I guess I was just that avenue that didn’t fit today.”
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