Comments on: Wolf Signs with Milwaukee

By: A socialist!

A socialist! — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:46:32 +0000

Guys, according to this site’s own stat analysis tools, Randy Wolf had a 29-win fastball in ’09, good for the second best fastball in the game. O_O Just wanted to bring that up as a side comment.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:44:13 +0000

As a Brewers fan, I was expecting to overpay and I think Melvin was, too.

Gotta eat a little cash to make sure you get somebody competent and that’s what Wolf is. Better than Suppan, better than Looper, better than Bush. We needed a guy and we got a guy, even if we paid too much.

As far as Hawkins…. well this article isn’t about him so I’ll save it.

By: tom s.

tom s. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:14:38 +0000

erik – my concern in giving wolf a three-year contract is that his durability is suspect. the two seasons prior to the three you cite were years of 56 and 80 innings pitched. his value in those two seasons was 0.5 and -0.3.

the past two years were the first seasons since 2003 where he pitched a full season. if wolf turns in partial credit on one or more of those three years, the contract could really end up not looking good.

By: NEPP

NEPP — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:43:33 +0000

I love Randy Wolf but they overpaid. I hope for their sake he comes close to justifying that contract. However, his history of injuries and numbers every other year but last year worry me. When a guy is consistently 4-4.50 ERA for several years and then posts a low 3s, it screams fluke…especially when those numbers are accompanied by an unsustainable .257 BABIP.

Still, he’s a decent pitcher so they should likely at least get a #3/4 guy for 3 years…if his arm issues don’t come back.

By: Toffer Peak

Toffer Peak — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:55:52 +0000

I don’t think the comparison is as crazy when you also consider the fact that Wolf is over a year older at the time of signing and their xFIPs (4.52, 4.35 and 4.66 for Suppan and 4.36, 4.29 and 4.17 for Wolf) are closer than their FIPs.

By: Tom B

Tom B — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:46:32 +0000

no, actually… it’s not.

By: Trenchtown

Trenchtown — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:33:38 +0000

Man! I don’t even have an opinion

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:24:23 +0000

Also, liked this one:

“Unlike Suppan – whose repertoire consists of junk and a prayer”

I seriously LOL’d.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:22:51 +0000

As a Brewers fan, I’d have to say this is probably the best move we could have made in the FA market. We don’t have the money for Lackey, and we don’t want to risk our whole season by relying on Bedard/Harden to be healthy. I was hoping Pavano wouldn’t accept arb, but whatever.
I don’t see this deal coming back to bite us for at least the first two years, and even in the third, if Wolf can still give us 180 innings, I can’t see him being too awful. And the $10M will hurt the first year, but we have $22M coming off the books next offseason when Suppan, Bill Hall, and David Riske all expire.

By: CircleChange11

CircleChange11 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:18:10 +0000

I haven’t watched many of Suppan’s starts as a Brewer, but while in StL, his 2-seamer, particialrly his location of it, was the key to his success. ‘Soup’ has a decent curve and change, but I do see how Wolf’s excellent deuce could be the significant difference between he and Suppan.