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I think there's 11 million reasons why he came to Chicago. 1095 other reasons too. -
40 man additions
Transmogrified Tiger replied to ChiefsVoice's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Who thinks that Dope isn't protected were it not for Sisco last year? I don't like the decision to roster Dope at first glance. I'd much rather have kept Fontenot around. -
Rooney with Shannon/Hagin out...
Transmogrified Tiger replied to topher76's topic in General Baseball Talk
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And so has Eyre. 3 years preceding their signings as Cubs: Eyre WHIP: 1.51, 1.30, 1.08 K/BB: 1.35, 1.82, 2.50 OPS: .697, .699, .569 Remlinger WHIP: 1.24, 1.20, 1.11 K/BB: 1.95, 4.04, 2.46 OPS: .625, .672, .557 Hawkins WHIP: 1.91, 0.97, 1.08 K/BB: 0.91, 4.20, 5.00 OPS: .783, .559, .596
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From what I've heard he's had increasingly improved seasons, and has had 3 other well above average years. His whip has gone down consistently, his BAA has been always great with lefty's and has improved for the last couple years (NOT EVEN counting last year). Remlinger was old and decrepid. Eyre isn't. He's had a WHIP below 1.30 once in his career. He's 33. He's been pretty good against LH, but making him a priority like this is a bit misguided(IMO a second LH specialist should come after everyday players and SP on the priority queue), and giving him that contract is absurd. You sign him to a contract like Mercker in January and no one will complain. You waste time negotiating a 3/11 deal with him in mid-November and people will rightfully get upset.
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Okay, disregarding any notion of performance, we just gave a 33 year old relief pitcher 3 years and 8 figures. That's pretty bad unless the person is lights out. Unfortunately for us, the only time he's really been above average is this year. At least Remlinger and Hawkins had more than one good season of good performance when they got long term deals.
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Highly debateable. His career year this year aside, his WHIP as a Giant is 1.42, in line with his subpar career. Many of us are disappointed at what we think are poor moves overpaying for mediocrity, while not much attention is being paid to the best fits for the team. We're not upset because it's not the guy on our wishlist, we're upset because the guy isn't good, and/or is overpaid for what he brings. I disagree, but if you like it better elsewhere then I hope you enjoy it.
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3 years is a pretty widely reported length. The only amount I've heard is 9 or 10 million total for 3 years.
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Eyre may be one of the best available, I don't have the time or desire to check. That doesn't change the fact that he had a career year, and he likely will be no better than average in the coming years. Giving him 3 years and/or several million dollars per year is madness. If we're going to get a setup man, sign Ryan or make a trade for someone that's actually good(Linebrink, Betancourt, Riske, Romero, etc). Ryan doesn't want to be a setup guy and likely will command 2 to 3 times what Eyre will. In regard to the others, I'm sure that Hendry has a better idea than you and I, who is available and who is not and what it would take to get them. Good LH relief pitchers are not in abundance, as witness by the amount of teams that wanted to sign Eyre. Is he a great signing? Maybe not, but at least Hendry has identified getting another lefty in the bullpen as a need and actually getting a guy that had some success last year. If you want to gamble on Eyre repeating his numbers, then give him a year and maybe a million after you've tried to fix your other holes. They're throwing 3 years 10 million out there, that's absolute madness. No justification for that at all.
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Eyre may be one of the best available, I don't have the time or desire to check. That doesn't change the fact that he had a career year, and he likely will be no better than average in the coming years. Giving him 3 years and/or several million dollars per year is madness. If we're going to get a setup man, sign Ryan or make a trade for someone that's actually good(Linebrink, Betancourt, Riske, Romero, etc).
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Ack, thanks.
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He never made it to the major league club. He was taken in the Rule 5 draft after a .259/.373/.486/859 line in AA at age 22.
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Why would Dusty care how much money Hendry is paying a particular player? I think we've all agreed that Hendry has little input on who Dusty plays, so why does Dusty care? If I understand this correctly, Dusty's thinking is "I think that Murton would be a better player than Alou, but because Jim is paying Alou $7 million I guess I better start him instead." I can't imagine why Dusty would care about what anyone is being paid. I'm pretty sure Dusty has been quoted saying "Player A isn't being paid X to sit the bench" or something to that effect.
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Remember that Bay isn't arbitration eligible until after next season. It's probably less than what he would've gotten had he gone to arbitration all 3 years, but remember the Pirates have him under their control for all 4 years regardless. EDIT: This isn't really much of a discount. He's trading a couple million dollars he could get if his production stays the same for the security of guaranteed money. Hafner, Vic Martinez, Blalock, and Michael Young have done the same thing.
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Sometimes I get the distinct impression that Jim Hendry does things just to piss me off. 3 years!? To Scott Eyre?
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What players DO you like? Bay's a good player, I like him a lot. Just throwing out there what looks like a real oddity. You don't see a lot of players just jump 70-100 points in slugging from their minor league numbers. His BABIP has been pointed out by others in the past.
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BK was referencing fielding independent ERA. Anyways, normal ERA for relief pitchers is deceiving, given the smaller samples and inherited runners. I'm more inclined to look at WHIP, K/9, BAA, K/BB, etc. first for relievers(which also show Affeldt to be a pretty terrible target).
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2004: .352 BABIP 2005: .355 BABIP Career Minor League BABIP: .316 2004: .218 IsoP 2005: .253 IsoP Career Minor League IsoP: .158 2004: 27.21 K/100 PA 2005: 19.83 K/100 PA Career Minor League K/100 PA: 18.38 Either he somehow figured it out, or he's had an impressive streak of good fortune.
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What evidence do you have to back that claim up? Hendry loves old ballplayers. He was, by all accounts, behind the Alou and Remlinger signings, he went hard after Maddux. He obviously likes older bench players, choosing to guarantee mediocrity rather than risk failure in the pursuit of greatness. Show me a longterm contract Hendry worked out with a player 35 years old or older. Remlinger.
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where did Z go? He's arbitration eligible, so since his contract for this year isn't set at a value yet, that's why he's not up there I imagine.
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BJ Ryan's a closer. The Cubs already have a closer. Ryan will command 2-3 times more then Eyre. Well, that's because BJ is good. This year was the first time in Eyre's major league career he had a WHIP below 1.30. He's 33 and had a career year. If we give him a long-term deal we're asking for another Remlinger situation.
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Was that the year they went nuts and beat all those teams in Maui?
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I'm glad you already know how they will fare in the future. The only thing spoken about in the future is Blum's performance.
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Nivar got traded to the Orioles before the beginning of this season.
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Independence bowl is against the SEC right? Any chance they will match up with either Tennesse or South Carolina? Those are the two teams that look like it matches up for, assuming Tennessee can get bowl eligible.
