Juan Cruz

[Radar3454]

I know he was a type A FA but I have not seen any teams showing interest in him - he is probably the closest player to Marmol in the league. I really wish we had kept Ceda and the $$$ we are paying Gregg to use to try and sign him. Any info on where he will end up?

[Keeper]

In a retirement home. Seriously, he looks old.

[jersey cubs fan]

I know he was a type A FA but I have not seen any teams showing interest in him - he is probably the closest player to Marmol in the league. I really wish we had kept Ceda and the $$$ we are paying Gregg to use to try and sign him. Any info on where he will end up?

 

Probably not.

[TheDude]

I know he was a type A FA but I have not seen any teams showing interest in him - he is probably the closest player to Marmol in the league. I really wish we had kept Ceda and the $$$ we are paying Gregg to use to try and sign him. Any info on where he will end up?

 

Probably not.

 

The guy in baseball that I'd call closest to Marmol in terms of results in '07 and '08 is Brian Fuentes, though Marmol's K/9 rate is still better. If you just look at '08 it's Grant Balfour. Marmol and Balfour are the only two guys with a WHIP under 1.0 and k/9 over 11. Both have extreme FB ratios as well. Balfour's always had the K rate, but in '08 he cut his walk rate in half and it yielded stud results.

 

The bottom line is that Marmol has almost been in a class of his own when looking at the past two seasons. Juan Cruz is not in his class, or even the class below.