Everyone Gets A Contract!
by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 12, 2011 11:45 PM EST
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The Pirates have offered contracts to everyone: Garrett Jones, Casey McGehee, Joel Hanrahan, Jeff Karstens, Charlie Morton, Evan Meek, and Chris Resop. This is a good outcome. Jones might have been spared by the Pirates' inability to find a first baseman up to this point, but tendering him would have been the right move even if they had already signed one. He's a useful role player, and he's still pretty cheap.
The only other remaining player who might have been controversial is Chris Resop (after the Pirates dealt Jose Veras and agreed to terms with Jason Grilli earlier tonight), but he too should be cheap, and 10.2 K/9 pitchers don't grow on trees. Even with Veras' departure, the Pirates now have as many righty relievers as they possibly could want. It's a good problem to have.
They still could use a lefty, and biggyv in the comments notices that the Dodgers have non-tendered Hong-Chih Kuo, who has good velocity and has been dominant at times but struggled last season. He seems like Neal Huntington's type of player.
More seriously, Pedro Ciriaco and Jason Jaramillo, who weren't on the roster, were non-tendered.
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See? That was easy:
Keep pretty good guys.
Eliminate pretty sucky guys.
oh boy would i love to have jeff keppinger on the buccos. ive always liked him. hes a great contact and gap-to-gap kind of hitter that i personally think would be a perfect pickup for NH to do. granted, hes always been a pirate killer over the years it seems like (.313 batting avg, .521 slg %, .827 OPS against the pirates). and his numbers for last season against NL Central teams are pretty darn good (.444 batting avg against the cubs, .357 against the reds, .308 vs houston, .250 against the brewers). come on neal, get the job done!
+1
Because I’ll always reward a Seinfeld reference
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Not
that there’s anything wrong with rewarding a Seinfeld ref …
But only as long as...
…they’re real and they’re spectacular.
It's just my two cents. Could be worth more, could be worth nothing.
As long as you don't
have to get the BIIIIIIIIIIG salad
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Perspectives become reality.
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Didn’t notice Mingy’s Oprah comment this morning – huh! He pointed it out to me on Twitter.
by Charlie Wilmoth on Dec 12, 2011 11:59 PM EST reply actions
I noticed...
The Dodgers non-tendered Hong-Chih Kuo. He really struggled last year, and battled an anxiety disorder (I think he was on the DL for a while). But in the last couple of months he was a bit better, and got his BB back to somewhat acceptable levels. He could be interesting as a lefty in the pen.
fangraphs had a post about kuo’s injury history a few weeks back… looks like a guy who’s easy to root for…
by Captain Easychord on Dec 13, 2011 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
Name that caught my eye
Just from really really quick glances:
Andy Sonnanstine
Rich Hill
Micah Owings (need a bench bat)
Jeremy Hermida (he’s fallen quite far hasn’t he?)
Clay Hensley (excellent out of the pen in 2010)
Aaron Laffey
Luke Scott
Cole Garner (PCL alert on the numbers)
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Perspectives become reality.
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haha sorry
I thought he’d make a great 1B option though!
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not sure this is a joke
if you could get him at 500-800K, its a very legit hitter-pitcher swingman…
by BurgherKing on Dec 13, 2011 12:23 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously
I’m not entirely sure why he hasn’t pulled a Rick Ankiel. I mean, obviously, it’s extremely difficult. But the pitching thing hasn’t been particularly successful. But man, that bat has some talent in it.
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Perspectives become reality.
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I mentioned his numbers in the other thread. In the SSS he has as a hitter, they are excellent. I wouldn’t be opposed to trying to convert him into a hitter, but I just don’t think the Bucs can hold a roster spot to see if it is possible. If he could be optioned, absolutely give it a go. It was meant as a joke, but I definitely see a glimmer of potential for a positional change.
We should have tried that with JVB and if Allie doesn’t progress in the next 2 years as a pitcher, I heard he was a pretty good power hitting 3rd baseman in HS.
I've asked the same question about JVB before
The answer I’ve always gotten was that the shoulder injuries ruined him as a baseball player in general, not just as a pitcher. He has been quoted in interviews as saying he doesn’t feel he could swing a bat like he used to be able to because of them.
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Perspectives become reality.
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in Owings' case
we know his bat can handle the big leagues. Probably not full time, but if he is going to see 150 PAs as PH, I’d be fine with it… also, he can pitch in blowouts…
Missed a few
Joe Saunders has put up an ERA+ either at or above 100 the last two years
Dan Cortes from the Mariners too. He’s young, big guy, and his K % in the minors were impressive, but looks like he’s got some command issues looking at those BB%.
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Perspectives become reality.
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its obvious, isnt it?
our payroll, with all these new contracts, is going up… AND we added some nice talent this go around…
shame, NH. shaaaaaaaaame!
Pedro Ciriaco and Jason Jaramillo.
Well, with Snyder and Ciriaco now gone, I guess we can say that the Carraso-Church-Crosby trade was a failure. Same with the Ronny Paulino trade.
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by WHYG Zane Smith on Dec 13, 2011 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
People
Who are maybe among the top 1300 baseball players in the country.
I personally peaked when I made the little league all star team.
a tryout at least
but what was his BEBLAP and wUZI down in little league? If he doesnt have a good BEBLAP, the i say NIX the DWICKYzr
by white angus on Dec 13, 2011 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Agree to disagree
But I think there will be much more interest and thus more money for Saunders than for Paulie.
Of course
Ronny was non-tendered as well, so we can always reset it!
The glare of the spotlight is harsh, and the pressure that success breeds immense. We revere our heroes, but expect much. And criticism can come as easily as praise.
Perspectives become reality.
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Well, with Snyder and Ciriaco now gone, I guess we can say that the Carraso-Church-Crosby trade was a failure.
Using this metric, the Snyder-Ciriaco trade was a failure for the DBacks… last year. Crosby was released in August 2010 and both Carrasco and Church were released in December 2010.
Sarcasm.
I thought it was pretty obvious.
You gotta aim high to fail so big. - Trace Beaulieu
by IAPiratesFan on Dec 14, 2011 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
I personally think Joe Saunders would be an absolutely perfect pickup for NH to do. remember with the Dbacks just acquiring Cahill to add the already solid rotation of Kennedy, Hudson, Collmenter and having Miley, Skaggs, and Bauer potentially fighting for starter time too. put Saunders in the starting rotation with Bedard, Morton, JMac, Karstens and I think we got a legitimate rotation there in my opinion. signing him at the right price could be a really big steal for the buccos
Names that stick out to me that would be great pickups are Saunders and Jeff Keppinger
I completely
agree. Saunders was the main name that caught my eye. He’d fit in as a back of the rotation option.
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Dec 13, 2011 3:02 AM EST up reply actions
I’d rather have Saunders than Maholm, but at the price it would take to sign them? Maholm would be the better option. Saunders will pull 2 or 3 times what Paul gets.
doubtful
Saunders will probably make around what Maholm makes this year
by white angus on Dec 13, 2011 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
Agree to disagree
There is going to be much more interest in Saunders than there will be for Paulie and more interest = more money.
In all seriousness
Ciriaco and JJ were two of the worst jitters I’ve ever seen on a major league team. Which is a shame because they both seem to be stand up guys. Best wishes to the both of them.
by bosten7 on Dec 13, 2011 3:17 AM EST via mobile reply actions
JJ
had a nice hot streak at the end of last season.
by BlindSquirrel on Dec 13, 2011 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
peter moylan
career 2.60/3.66/3.78 ERA 10.8 K/9 3.24 BB/9
not that we necessarily need another bullpen righty, but some team is going to get a good reliever. must be nice to be the braves, who have so much pitching they can afford not to keep him.
err
that’s ERA/FIP/xFIP in the first set of slashes
Wow
he’s out pitched his FIP/xFIP pretty well
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Dec 13, 2011 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
The Veras loss isn’t a big deal since we can use Leroux or even Hughes at some point.
by Adam Reynolds on Dec 13, 2011 2:36 PM EST via mobile reply actions
agreed
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