Is it time to DFA Duane Underwood Jr.?

Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images I don't usually like to play the "designate players for assignment" game. Some like to conflate frustration with good strategy, all-the-while intentionally (?) disregarding that Tyler Chatwood has generally been much better recently, despite his poor outing on Thursday. The DFA is often an admission that “this will never work.” When a player has negligible value, sometimes that is as much value as he is ever likely to have. With that as a preview, this is a look at potentially designating Duane Underwood Jr. for assignment.

Since Underwood (a 2012 second-round draft selection), has run out of option seasons, he can't be sent back to South Bend without…