Rather Harsh

The Red Sox designated lefthanded reliever Scott Schoenweis for assignment yesterday.
It was the one-year anniversary of his wife's death due to a drug overdose.
Couldn't Boston have released him a day earlier or a day later? Did it have to be on such a tragic day for Schoenweis? I'm guessing May 20th is a day he'd like to cross off the calendar.
Schoenweis is 36 years old and his ERA this season has been a bloated 7.90. Still, I think, and hope, he gets another chance elsewhere. He's been a solid big leaguer for a long time and I'm sure some team feels he has some life remaining in his left arm.