Pirates watched Ben Sheets' throwing session

"the Pirates sent scout Everett Russell to Monroe, a town he is quite familiar with after serving as an assistant under former head coaches Smoke Laval and Brad Holland."

I wouldn't read too much into it, but it doesn't hurt to take a look.

over 2 years ago johnnycuff 6 comments 0 recs |

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Sheetz would probably be worth $5M...

…purely to keep him from pitching against us, without accounting for any actual on-field contributions this year.

by Vlad on Jan 20, 2010 11:41 AM EST reply actions

yeah but he’ll probably want $10M and get $9M

by johnnycuff on Jan 20, 2010 2:19 PM EST up reply actions

Last I heard...

…he wanted $12M, which feels like a pretty aggressive valuation to me.

by Vlad on Jan 20, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions

dejan tweets we're not interested

not a surprise, but there it is. doesn’t hurt to look at the guy, if even just to see if he’s still got anything.

by johnnycuff on Jan 20, 2010 4:59 PM EST reply actions

Doesnt Hurt to Look!!

Doesnt hurt to look but i would pay Ben more than 6 million per year..Bet the Mets make a big push for him lol

by pirate_fan122 on Jan 20, 2010 11:37 PM EST reply actions

a really good gamble, if he has anything at all left. Just took a look at his stats and the peripherals are outstanding. He could slip 10% and still be a very effective pitcher, slip 20% and still be better than most of what we could toss out there.

by bucdaddy on Jan 21, 2010 10:32 AM EST reply actions