Interest in Carlos Silva?

[inari]

CDL thinks so.

 

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/640590,CST-SPT-cub08.article

 

Silva seems like another guy who would thrive in an AL-NL transition. I'd like to have him on board.

[anabiono]

um yes, yes, and yes again

 

he is better than marquis

 

i don't even feel like commenting on dempster because i don't want to get a headache before my history test

 

get him...

[inari]

If we were to get Silva though, there's a logjam...

 

Zambrano

Hill

Lilly

Silva

Dempster

Marquis

 

Assuming we don't use a 6-man rotation, someone's gotta be forced out.

[YearofDaCubs]

I would prefer Silva over Marquis and Dempster for sure. I think he can actually be very good. He has crazy movement on his fastball.

[daske17]

The Tribune today said that Hendry was talking to Detroit about Dempster. He may be a good fit for them depending on what happens with Todd Jones or Kenny Rogers. He could potentially fill either the closer or starter role.

[YearofDaCubs]

The Tribune today said that Hendry was talking to Detroit about Dempster. He may be a good fit for them depending on what happens with Todd Jones or Kenny Rogers. He could potentially fill either the closer or starter role.

Let's hope that happens because Dempster to the rotation is a terrible idea.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

Though the Cubs would appear to be set at shortstop (Ryan Theriot) and second base (Mark DeRosa), sources say they will make a serious run at Colorado Rockies free-agent second baseman Kaz Matsui -- another Japanese import.

 

Matsui is a switch-hitter and adds a speed element that manager Lou Piniella craves.

 

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[anabiono]

Though the Cubs would appear to be set at shortstop (Ryan Theriot) and second base (Mark DeRosa), sources say they will make a serious run at Colorado Rockies free-agent second baseman Kaz Matsui -- another Japanese import.

 

Matsui is a switch-hitter and adds a speed element that manager Lou Piniella craves.

 

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i hope those sources are jack and coke

[BigbadB]

Matsui just becomes the most expensive translator in the world when the Cubs win the Fukudome sweepstakes.

[inari]

The Tribune today said that Hendry was talking to Detroit about Dempster. He may be a good fit for them depending on what happens with Todd Jones or Kenny Rogers. He could potentially fill either the closer or starter role.

 

I love Demp, but it'd be nice to unload his contract on someone.

[nick23]

Signing Carlos Silva might be the worst idea I've heard this offseason. He's just not good. He can't strike anybody out and gives up a crapload of hits. He may be slightly better that Marquis but not by much. Plus he'll probably get a 4 year contract between 8 and 10 million. Please no.

[nikao]

He actually was pretty decent this last year. Had an ERA of around 4, if my memory serves. In the NL that probably drops a bit. He's definitely a back end rotation guy, though, and can be inconsistent. But when he's on, he's quite good. He had like a 70 pitch complete game a couple of years ago.

 

He's also best friends with Santana, and there's some talk that the Twins wouldn't let him go if they were serious about resigning Johan. But there's a lot of trade talk right now about him as well, so maybe the Twins will end up losing both.

[cbbryan]

Signing Carlos Silva might be the worst idea I've heard this offseason. He's just not good. He can't strike anybody out and gives up a crapload of hits. He may be slightly better that Marquis but not by much. Plus he'll probably get a 4 year contract between 8 and 10 million. Please no.

 

 

 
Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF   SV   IP        H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
2002 23 PHI NL   5   0   68   0     0    0    21   1   84.0   88   34   30   4   22   41   4   3   350   6   0  3.21  3.87  120 1.310
2003 24 PHI NL   3   1  62   1   0   0  15  1   87.3   92   43   43   7   37   48   8  12   381   5   1  4.43  3.99   90 1.477
2004 25 MIN AL  14   8  33  33   1   1   0  0  203.0  255  100   95  23   35   76   5   5   869   2   1  4.21  4.73  112 1.429
2005 26 MIN AL   9   8  27  27   2   0   0  0  188.3  212   83   72  25    9   71   3   0   749   2   0  3.44  4.45  129 1.173
2006 27 MIN AL  11  15  36  31   0   0   2  0  180.3  246  130  119  38   32   70   7   1   811   4   0  5.94  4.47   75 1.542
2007 28 MIN AL  13  14  33  33   2   1   0  0  202.0  229   99   94  20   36   89   4   4   848   2   1  4.19  4.33  103 1.312
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 6 Yr WL% .545  55  46 259 125   5   2  38  2  945.0 1122  489  453 117  171  395  31  25  4008  21   3  4.31  4.39  102 1.368

 

Nothing that really excites me. And he'll get more money then Marquis did. I think I may have to pass.

[rawaction]

Signing Carlos Silva might be the worst idea I've heard this offseason. He's just not good. He can't strike anybody out and gives up a crapload of hits. He may be slightly better that Marquis but not by much. Plus he'll probably get a 4 year contract between 8 and 10 million. Please no.

 

Yeah, I don't know where the Silva love is coming from. He has a career batting average against of .299, which if you take out his 170 relief innings, would be around the .305-.310 mark. His strikeout rate is atrocious as he's never struck out even 4 men per 9 as a starter. That would be a bad K rate even if he was an extreme groundball pitcher, which he is not. He's more of a flyball pitcher. He's given up about 28 HRs a year as a starter.

 

The only good things about Silva are that he eats innings and that batters almost have to sell their soul to get a walk off of him. Of course, why walk when there's a 3/10 chance you get a hit?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Carlos Silva is fools gold.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

Carlos Silva is fools gold.

 

Only to some.

[Elrhino]

I'm hoping the Astros blow 4/48 on him. Last year the Twins were really struggling as to whether or not they wanted to pick up his $4 option

[Mephistopheles]

Signing Carlos Silva might be the worst idea I've heard this offseason. He's just not good. He can't strike anybody out and gives up a crapload of hits. He may be slightly better that Marquis but not by much. Plus he'll probably get a 4 year contract between 8 and 10 million. Please no.

 

Yeah, I don't know where the Silva love is coming from. He has a career batting average against of .299, which if you take out his 170 relief innings, would be around the .305-.310 mark. His strikeout rate is atrocious as he's never struck out even 4 men per 9 as a starter. That would be a bad K rate even if he was an extreme groundball pitcher, which he is not. He's more of a flyball pitcher. He's given up about 28 HRs a year as a starter.

 

The only good things about Silva are that he eats innings and that batters almost have to sell their soul to get a walk off of him. Of course, why walk when there's a 3/10 chance you get a hit?

 

He's in the top quarter in GB rates. He's a pretty good groundball pitcher.

[abuck1220]

he may not be terrible, but it's crazy to think about dumping $40 mil on him. any number of guys could give you comparable production for less than a million bucks.

[rawaction]

Signing Carlos Silva might be the worst idea I've heard this offseason. He's just not good. He can't strike anybody out and gives up a crapload of hits. He may be slightly better that Marquis but not by much. Plus he'll probably get a 4 year contract between 8 and 10 million. Please no.

 

Yeah, I don't know where the Silva love is coming from. He has a career batting average against of .299, which if you take out his 170 relief innings, would be around the .305-.310 mark. His strikeout rate is atrocious as he's never struck out even 4 men per 9 as a starter. That would be a bad K rate even if he was an extreme groundball pitcher, which he is not. He's more of a flyball pitcher. He's given up about 28 HRs a year as a starter.

 

The only good things about Silva are that he eats innings and that batters almost have to sell their soul to get a walk off of him. Of course, why walk when there's a 3/10 chance you get a hit?

 

He's in the top quarter in GB rates. He's a pretty good groundball pitcher.

 

Not good enough to overlook that atrocious K rate.

[Mephistopheles]

sure it is. his defense independent statistics rival carlos zambrano's three of the last fours seasons.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

sure it is. his defense independent statistics rival carlos zambrano's three of the last fours seasons.

 

Thanks to the Metrodome.

[Mephistopheles]

not really

[Transmogrified Tiger]

not really

 

He's got 2 straight years of being outstanding at home and abominable on the road. As a GB guy the playing field makes a difference, and for his career he's got an OPS against over .110 points higher on grass than turf to go with a worse HR rate.

[Mephistopheles]

His BABIP on the road has been about .330 the last two years. That's not the turf doing. He gets groundballs so his BABIP should be right around .300. Other than that he's been pretty much the same on the road as at home. The fact he plays on turf doesn't mean that he's a .330 BABIP guy. He'll be fine wherever he winds up. By fine I mean a fairly league average pitcher. There's no reason he shouldn't have an ERA in the mid 4s wherever he goes. Which is about where his defensive independent stats go.

 

The *only* reason his defensive independent stats would be metrodome dependent is on his HR rate. His HR rate has been stable on the road as to home if you throw out the outlier of last year.