Comments on: Braves Sign Saito, Insert Old Jokes Here

By: Bree Rotelli

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By: Joseph Friscia

Joseph Friscia — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:22:44 +0000

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By: thebandogora

thebandogora — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 09:28:23 +0000

Just thought I’d follow up.. Saito has been awesome. A sub-2 FIP thus far. Unfortunately he hit the DL with a hamstring pull. Sounds like he’ll be back as soon as his 15 days are up though. And it isn’t an arm problem. He’s really been racking up the K’s and only has one or two bad outings all year.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:03:48 +0000

Wagner pitched well at the end of the year last year. Yeah, he’s a risk, but he’s got similar career numbers to Mariano (w/o the rings) and has been rather consistent too, as he’s only had a poor, lasting performance once or twice in his career. And, perhaps a move to Atlanta from NY will reduce the pressure a bit, and his playoff numbers will improve. Perhaps.

Didn’t Boston have a deep, talented bullpen? It’s no wonder he was put in low-leverage situations and not given an opportunity to come back in 2010. They simply didn’t take him seriously or give him an opportunity.

Two one-year contracts vs two multiple-year contracts. Plus, Gonz and Sori are going to get raises. They didn’t fit into ATL’s plans. If you’re going to compare, you have to compare them with what Gonz and Sori are expecting for contracts for this off-season. I don’t know if its completely fair to evaluate the opportunity cost of Gonz and Sori to Wagner and Saito.

By: TCQ

TCQ — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:41:11 +0000

Well, Soriano and Gonzalez are pretty big injury risks too…I think I’d call it a wash on that front.

By: ChuckO

ChuckO — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:46:54 +0000

I’m a Braves fan who pretty much agrees with Erik’s remarks. Those who are critical of his analysis seem to be forgetting that these are two recently injured, old pitchers. If someone were to ask me what could be expected of them, I would shrug my shoulders. It’s a real crap shoot.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:45:31 +0000

I am pretty indifferent to these moves, but to say that Saito/Wagner are of “higher quality” than Gonzalez and Soriano is simply untrue.

By: KJ

KJ — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:23:26 +0000

Wow. There is some serious hate for the Braves in that article. Don’t worry Mr. Cardinal Fan, the Braves will be fine next year. What is so wrong with signing Wagner and Saito? The Braves get a total of four upper draft picks for losing Gonzalez and Soriano and replaced them with higher quality and less expensive pitchers.

I do agree that the outfield needs serious help. I’m not sold on Diaz being an every day player or Jason Heyward being ready for opening day. Church will likely be non-tendered and GA will also be gone. Signing a guy like Mike Cameron makes a ton of sense. As for 1B, my hope is that they re-sign LaRoche.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:49:54 +0000

Saito is so old that as a rookie, he calculated his rookie year E.R.A on an abacus.

***crickets chirping***

By: Adam W.

Adam W. — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:34:32 +0000

When addressing Saito’s decline, you have to account for the fact that he moved from an NL team that plays in a renown pitchers’ park to an AL team that plays in a renown hitters’ park. I think it’s more reasonable to expect his ratios to hold steady – or possibly even show a slight uptick.