The signing of David Aardsma and Dana Eveland over the weekend were good news; their assignment to Gwinnett was confusing.
The Roster
We still have no insight about the rationale behind sending two badly needed pitchers to Gwinnett except one vague comment that it’s the way they are going handle such signings from now on. Whether that’s a reaction the the way veterans have performed after signing or simply a way to let them juggle the roster and make all necessary moves at once we can’t know.
In the end it matters little as both players opted out because they weren’t on a major league roster and were undoubtedly promised a major league role when they signed.