Former Revolution right fielder Tike Redman signed with the Newark Bears today. Redman (pictured above during his time with Pittsburgh) is the only player in Revolution team history to go from York to the majors in one season.
One of the original Revolution players in 2007, Redman never played an actual game in York but he batted .464 in seven games during the time when the Revs waited for construction at Sovereign Bank Stadium to be completed. He batted .318 in 40 games as a late-season call-up for Baltimore.
Expected to return to the Orioles in 2008, Baltimore sent him down to Triple-A Norfolk out of camp and never called him up to the big leagues. He batted .292 in 116 games for Norfolk. The Revolution contacted Redman and his agent in the offseason, but a deal could not be reached. Now he shows up with the first-place Bears as York struggles to avoid the tag of worst professional baseball team in the country.
So what do Revolution fans think of this move? Is York doing enough to turn around what continues to be the worst start in franchise history? And could a deal to acquire Redman and ship out some of York's underachieving players helped?
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