Christmas Day Projection Targets
Holiday greetings to you and yours! If you wish to spend a little time helping us out with projections, take a look at these three pitchers who just inked new deals: Kelvim Escobar, Fernando Rodney, and Justin Duchscherer
Kelvim Escobar is an injury-prone but very talented case. The Mets, who added him on a major league contract, hope he can bolster their bullpen after the departure of J.J. Putz.
Fernando Rodney will take a similar spot in the Angels bullpen, behind Brian Fuentes. Fuentes struggled at times last year, and the Angels hope Rodney can provide insurance.
Justin Duchscherer struggled with injuries the last 2 years, but before he was lost he put up great numbers in his first stint as a starter. It appears that he will return to Oakland’s starting rotation.
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How bad was that Rodney contract!
Really bad!
Worse than bad…its Ollie Perez bad.
What a terrible contract. It goes to show that if you are either LH or a Closer at some point in your career you will be vastly overpaid.
I will stack the deck for my kids by breaking their right arms, force them to throw LH and groom them as closers from little league on.
Healthy pitchers are problematical enough; tooling with the Escobars and Duchs, I don’t need. Rodney’s contract was no doubt generous because they were watching the Fuentes’ highlight reel while negotiating…