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I think its crazy to give Livan a 2 year deal. If he is serious about really wanting to pitch with his brother, then one would think he would take a year salary for cheap to do that. This could be a good backup move as hopefully its short term, cheap and won’t cost us a draft pick. Who knows, it may even bring the best out of Livan and El duque.

Well what’s Omar supposed to say, “We’ve failed to acquire an ace.”? Of course he’s going to talk up the guys he has because that’s all he can do. He certainly isn’t going to bad mouth any of our players, nor would he bad mouth the job he’s doing.

Bottom line is that our rotation, even with the addition of Livan or Colon, isn’t good enogh to take us to the World Series. Win the Division? I don’t know but I can say, with certainty that it’s not good enough to win the World Series, let alone get there.

Yes, we need an innings eater. But we also need an ace and that’s a fact. I do not want to overpay for an ace, I am not a “Sell the farm” type of guy but given the recent market and our options we don’t have much of a choice. Everyone, with the exception of Wright, Reyes, Beltran and FMart should be on the market – if necessary.

I’m certainly not panicing but I do think that in order to win it all we need a Santana, Haren, Bedard type of guy. While I love Pedro, Maine and Perez they simply can’t match up against other teams Top 3…

The only two real offensive players you have to be concerned with is Francouer who has never seen a slider he he didn’t like and Chipper who is going to have two stints on the DL. And there’s their bullpen or lack of one.

Right now I see the NL east as really a two horse race – Mets and Phils

Arguments for “Innings Eater Type”
-The 5th spot in the rotation was an absolute blackhole for the team last season…If we had anything close to an avg #5, the team would have gotten into the playoffs, but instead, got just 3 wins out of that spot.

-The loss of Glavine’s 200 IP needs to be accounted for. Pedro and Duque generally will not go more than 6-7 innings, and Maine/Perez are no guarantees either. In order to avoid last season’s fate with an overworked pen, you need someone who you know will give you the number of innings.

-Mike Pelfrey was rushed. He has only pitched 90+ innings in AAA, over two years. He needs some seasoning to refine his approach. Playing devils advocate, say he did lockdown a spot in the rotation, and gave you close to league ag. production- He’ll still give you a maximum of 150-180 ip.

-This pitcher would be your 5th starter, and therefore pressure to perform is reduced. A line of 180-220IP, 4+era, .500 record would meet, if not exceed expectations.

-Low risk, high reward: Signing guys like Colon or Garcia to an incentive laiden contract can mitigate the potential of poor performance,

Reasons against “Innings Eater Type”
-Generally these types of acquisitions have failed in the past…Erickson, Ishii, Lima, Gonzales, Park, Williams, etc.

-All the available pitchers to have red flags, be it injuries with Garcia/Colon, poor recent performance (Livan) or just price (Silva). In addition, giving these players multi-year deals increases chance for failure, and blocks younger players from contributing

-Expanding on the point above, it is difficult to build a player’s percieved value in the minors…The best way is for the player to acheive ML success, and could perhpas be packaged for a frontline pitcher in July.

-Pitching in front of the eyes of the ML coaching staff, plus accomplished pitchers (i.e. Pedro) may help the younger guys develop faster.

Ultimately, it comes down what the situation is…If he is able to get a guy for a one year, or incentive deal, it would be ok. I would be against anything much longer than that…Not so much concerned about the dollars on the deal, so long as we are talking 1 year, or 1 year+option