A Tale of Two Rotations

by Matthew on Aug 4, 2008 4:05 PM PDT in The More You Know Comment 20 comments

MINNESOTA TWINS

Starter	Age	tRA	Cost - $	Cost - Players
Scott Baker	26	4.41	2nd yr team control	Nothing
Nick Blackburn	26	4.43	1st yr team control	Nothing
Boof Bonser	26	4.33	2nd yr team control	1/3 of A.J. Pierzynksi
Livan Hernandez	33	5.10	1 year, $5 million	Nothing
Francisco Liriano	24	SSS	3rd yr team control	1/3 of A.J. Pierzynksi
Glen Perkins	25	5.09	2nd yr team control	Nothing
Kevin Slowey	24	4.10	1st yr team control	Nothing
Total	--	4.653	~$8 million	2/3 of A.J. Pierzynski

SEATTLE MARINERS

Starter	Age	tRA	Cost - $	Cost - Players
Miguel Batista	37	7.75	3 year, $25 million	Nothing
Erik Bedard	29	4.69	5th yr team control, $7MM	Adam Jones, George Sherrill, Chris Tillman, Tony Butler, Kam Mickolio
R.A. Dickey	33	5.88*	3rd yr team control	Jair Fernandez
Felix Hernandez	22	3.86	3rd year team control	Nothing
Carlos Silva	29	5.48	4 year, $48 million	Nothing
Jarrod Washburn	33	5.19	4 year, $37.5 million	Nothing
Total	--	5.330	~$46 million	Oh dear god

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At least once Felix and Dickey leave

it will be Silva’s time to go, too.

by katal on Aug 4, 2008 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Scary thing is, it could have been worse.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 4, 2008 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

If Zito and/or Schmidt were on that chart... seppuku?

by Sports on a Schtick on Aug 4, 2008 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Of course if we had obtained one of those pitchers, it might have prevented us from pursuing some of the others.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 4, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Imagine having Zito/Schmidt starting, with Sherrill and Soriano keeping games close for JJ, Morrow in Tacoma learning to be a starter, and AJ out in right field.

Maybe having Barry Zito might’ve not been as bad as some people make it out to be.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 4, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or maybe having Morrow/Dickey/RRS starting in place of Silva/Batista

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Aug 4, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Schmidt wouldn't be starting

He’d still be in Tacoma, rehabbing and getting shelled like Jim Parque.

by Gomez on Aug 5, 2008 5:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, this post made me sad.

by joof on Aug 4, 2008 4:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So is there any part of this team of which I can put faith in...

that we could have an Over .500 ballclub next year?

by IceStormV1 on Aug 4, 2008 5:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

DO THIS WITH THE RAYS!

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 4, 2008 5:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Too much depressing.

Although for a hahaha: Scott Kazmir: cost (players) – Victor Zambrano

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Aug 4, 2008 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mariners did well: Felix and Dickey

Mariners sucked nuts: Silva, Batista, Washburn, (maybe Bedard)

Twins did well: everyone

Twins sucked nuts: no one (maybe Livan but 1 year 5 mil isn’t a bad deal)

oh gently caress this poo poo

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Aug 4, 2008 8:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

1/5 is never all that bad of a deal

because at the end of the one year, if he sucks, he just goes away

The Jose Lopez Watch - 137 H, 16 BB, 50 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 5, 2008 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, reason #1 why the Weaver signing was better than the Batista/Silva signings

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Aug 5, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Think that's bad...

Take a look at the opening day rotation for the Rangers:

Kevin Millwood: 10,300,000 this year (I think 5 years, 60 million)
Vicente Padilla: 11,000,000 this year (3 years, 33 million); acquired in trade for Ricardo Rodriquez
Jason Jennings: 4,000,000 this year (1 year, 4 million)
Brandon McCarthy: 3 years service, acquired in trade for John Danks (OUCH!)
Kason Gabbard: 2 years service, acquired with David Murphy and Engel Beltre for Eric Gagne (HA!)

The sad thing is, in addition to those 5 mediocre to bad pitchers, the Rangers have had to deal with significant injuries. Which has led to their pitching and bullpen coach getting fired and starts at some point by the following:
Jamey Wright
Luis Mendoza
Dustin Nippert
Josh Rupe
Sidney Ponson
AJ Murray
Scott Feldman
Doug Mathis
Kameron Loe
Eric Hurley
Matt Harrison
Tommy Hunter

I think that’s all, but I might have missed one or two. It’s a miracle they’re above .500 right now.

by GhettoBear04 on Aug 4, 2008 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs