Comments on: M’s after Matt Morris

By: Mr. Egaas

Mr. Egaas — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:06:09 +0000

Byrd appears to be off the market. 7 million a year for that schmuck. Guess that leaves Cleveland out of the Millwood picture.

By: RickL

RickL — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:26:18 +0000

Sounds like we would be better off to stick with Ryan Franklin. He’s cheaper, his numbers (in the second half) are comparable, and he faced American League, not national league hitters last year. Surely there are better moves than this with the remaining 15 million.

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:56:06 +0000

I think its kind of funny to read qualifiers such as “if the M’s added a top guy for X amount of jack and then added one of the other six guys for X (which by the way will be a helluva lot more than a 1 year incentive-laden contract), then ill have hope.

I guess Id have hope if the M’s actually had 4 reliable arms in the rotation (guys who could reasonably be expected to have ERA’s under 4.8)-no matter what their contracts…

Arguing salary is a bit premature….how about actually having a chance to even sign a few?

By: TomC

TomC — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 04:29:08 +0000

#30: Kris Benson would be great addition — bu not for strictly baseball reasons. I would thoroughly enjoy watching the M’s organization deal with the inevitable Anna Benson pseudo-scandal.

By: Gomez

Gomez — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:06:44 +0000

Gaudin got rocked in limited duty last season. Looking at his previous years with Tampa Bay, he didn’t allow too many homers but had a problem with walks (3.6 per 9, a bit high). He’s allowed too many baserunners and doesn’t strike out enough guys to justify it. I’m not sure he’s even AAAA fodder at this point.

By: jtopps

jtopps — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 00:59:33 +0000

Oops…DFA’d not released. Maybe they’ll trade him.

By: jtopps

jtopps — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 00:35:22 +0000

Speaking of average pitchers…

Chad Gaudin was released by the Blue Jays. While he is not a major leaguer yet, he is only 22. Might not be a bad guy to get supercheap to help fill out the minor league rosters. Bill “Stockpile-Arms” Bavasi, are you listening?

By: Gomez

Gomez — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 00:00:43 +0000

Re: my last comment… By last year, I meant 2004. Whoops.

By: Gomez

Gomez — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 00:00:09 +0000

Benson got lit up the last six weeks of the season, gave up more homers than average (1.24 per 9) and didn’t strike out many guys. Plus, he was hurt last year. His Fielding Independent ERA’s around 4.70ish. For the money due to him, he ain’t worth it.

By: Colm

Colm — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:52:14 +0000

They’ll be affordable because many people understand their inate mediocrity.

Why Morris is ‘sought after’ is more mysterious.