Comments on: O’s-Angels Rubber Match/Trembley

By: Andrew out of Rochester

Andrew out of Rochester — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:54:16 +0000

I assumed either Cherry or Mickolio was coming up, and then getting sent down when Penn comes up. Although, I think we’ll see what Sarfate can do when he’s not pitching against the best offenses in the league (his next start is vs. Cleveland, right?). I’m glad its Rocky Cherry: his name is outstanding, and Kam needs more time at AAA.

So, cool. Hopefully Rocky is better than he was last year. He is the gift of Trachsel, after all.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:33:02 +0000

Rocky Cherry called up today to take the place of Chad Bradford. Would have expected Penn, but now I guess we’re stuck with yet another start from Dennis Sarfate.

By: Andrew out of Rochester

Andrew out of Rochester — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:18:03 +0000

Sounds like, from MacPhail’s comments via Schmuck, that this was a salary dump. Curious that Andy says he could “use the dough” when we’re talking about 5.5 million dollars in total. That’s not really that much. Sounds like we’ll be looking to extend Roberts or sign up Markakis or go after someone on the market this year for sure.

Exciting.

By: Andrew out of Rochester

Andrew out of Rochester — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:25:46 +0000

A point on Bradford. Oftentimes in August a player to be named later is a player that can’t pass through waivers. So we might be getting someone useful, but can’t actually receive him until after the season. In that case, it would be someone on the Rays 40 man squad. If that’s the case, I’d be willing to guess it’s one of Barlett, Zobrist, Aybar, or Niemann. Actually none of those seem quite right for this scenario. Any other guesses?

The free agent compensation is something I totally forgot about for some stupid reason. Starting pitchers are valued via: Total games (total starts + 0.5 * total relief appearances), IP, Wins, W-L Percentage, ERA, Strikeouts from the previous 2 seasons (and it’s among all starting pitchers, not just free agents). The top 30% are type A and cost us a second rounder, and nobody else costs us anything. So I’d cross Burnett, Dempster, Lowe, maybe Moyer, and maybe Byrd off the list. Well, that just got a lot hairier than I would have liked.

But I still think it happens, and honestly, it probably should happen.

By: neal s

neal s — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:05:22 +0000

I see what you’re getting at, Greg, but AJ Burnett is absolutely worth it. Picks in the MLB draft just aren’t that valuable on account of (a) how hard it is to predict performance after the top, say, 10-15 guys, and (b) how many of them you get (like 40 or so).

I say give Burnett his 4 years and his $10 mil per, because with him and Guthrie 1-2 we’re in much better shape.