Comments on: Pitcher Available

By: Ball4

Ball4 — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:44:04 +0000

No waiting…trade Rocko for Wells. It’s a good move. Playoff experience. If Weaver can trun it around, so can Wells.

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:18:46 +0000

Personally, I’ll take the chance that David Wells is still a major league pitcher over HoRam who we know is no longer a major league pitcher.

By: rsrobinson

rsrobinson — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:55:27 +0000

Right now if someone said the M’s were considering prying Gaylord Perry off of a barstool and propping him up on the mound I’d prefer that to watching another HoRam road start. So, yeah, I’d take a chance with David Wells.

By: terry

terry — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:19:53 +0000

#105: I wasn’t suggesting it would be gradual… I understand the concept.

I was suggesting that waiting 4-5 games to actually figure out there won’t be any regression back to usefulness could really hurt their playoff chances….

By: imfinkspa

imfinkspa — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:18:09 +0000

99 – Please let me know when in the past two years David Wells has been below average.

His ERA in 2006 (only about 75 with 2/3 in Boston) was 4.42, good for an ERA+ 101 (almost exactly average). In 2005 (pitching in Boston) his ERA was 4.45, with an ERA+ of 99 (again, just about exactly league average). For what is worth, Wells posted a 3.73ERA/108 ERA+ in San Diego in ’04 and a 4.14ERA/106ERA+ in New York in 2003.

While there may be such a thing as a league average era, it is really pretty useless for comparing past accomplishments without taking into account home ballpark, league, etc., thus measures such as ERA+.

Of course past results are no guarantee of future performance, but component statistics can be a reasonable indicator, in which instance Wells is the better bet for the remainder of the this season than HoRam.

By: SpokaneMsFan

SpokaneMsFan — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:06:12 +0000

DEREK KINSLER!!!!!!!!

By: DMZ

DMZ — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 02:00:38 +0000

Excessive penalty week!!!

By: Colm

Colm — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:58:07 +0000

Yes, I’d take a borderline has-been over a never-gonna-be most days of the week.

By: Notor

Notor — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:50:46 +0000

That would be a massive improvement, and for practically nothing! Do itttttttttttt.

By: Gomez

Gomez — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:50:12 +0000

Old David Wells with BP stuff > HoRam with BP stuff

And as Dave said, watch the St Louis start and you’ll see a lot of seeing eye shots and bleeders in that 10 consecutive hit sequence.

A waiver claim or trade on Wells here would not be a bad idea and would make this team a little bit better.