Comments on: Morrow Should Start. Heilman… Not So Much

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By: Fireman

Fireman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:15:10 +0000

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By: NBH

NBH — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:51:18 +0000

Any thoughts on the following keepers?

Harden – $6
Wainwright – $17
Sheets – $16
Lowe – $15
Morrow – $1
Haren – $29
Ziegler – $1
Hanrahan – $1
Mike Gonzalez – $1
Saunders – $1
Guthrie – $1

Thus far, I feel that only Gonzalez and Harden are slam dunk keepers. Gonzalez = $1 saves and Harden is a top 15 pitcher when he actually pitches. Not bad for $6.

Wainwright/Sheets/Lowe/Haren will cost more or less the same thing in my 2009 draft and Ziegler/Hanrahan are not locks for closing gigs yet.

Guthrie/Saunders were both extremely lucky in 2008 (BABIP, strand rates) and I can see both of them going 12-12, 4.10, 1.30, low Ks (if not worse!).

That leaves $1 Morrow, who seems to be the biggest risk/reward play on the board. 10K/9 doesn’t grow on trees, but his control is awful.

Thank you in advance!

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:30:04 +0000

Can this site ban the spelling B nerds? Man, I come to this site for insightful baseball analysis, not hearing these ridiculously mundane spelling arguments…

By: Michael Kelso

Michael Kelso — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:55:26 +0000

Burn!

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:40:11 +0000

It’s also the British-influenced Canadian spelling, which appears to be where the writer is from.

By: Malcontent1

Malcontent1 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:32:03 +0000

He’s not inferring that everybody in the bullpen needs to be a “proven veteran”, but that somebody needs to be, because the manager has to have at least one guy he can go to with confidence in a bad situation. A “proven veteran” would be someone, when inserted into a situation where they have to preserve a lead after the last guy left 2 on with no outs, wouldn’t go out and try to throw 100 mph fastballs at the bottom-left quarter inch of the strike zone. A “proven veteran” would go out to the mound and be able to handle the situation, for better or worse. When Putz was first inserted into the Seattle bullpen in 2004, it was alongside “proven veterans”: Shigetoshi Hasegawa and Eddie Guardado, who, along with Julio Mateo who had at least 1 full season under his belt, received most of the high leverage situations.

That’s why it’s important to have a “proven veteran” or 2 in the bullpen; because you want to give your manager someone that he knows he can send out that won’t break a sweat if he gives up a lucky base hit or doesn’t get his call on a strike 3 pitch.

Besides which, if you take Aaron Heilman out of the equation, you’ve got a bullpen full of guys with control issues.

By: JI

JI — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:08:53 +0000

Both forms are correct so there’s no need to be a jerk about it.

By: Webster

Webster — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:22:38 +0000

A little professional excellence here:

Use “offense” instead of “offence” unless you’re writing from Great Britain. I’ve seen this error several times on your site.