Comments on: Starting Pitcher: Red Sox close to signing Smoltz

By: keep it posi

keep it posi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:51:52 +0000

I think that Smoltz will be a good fit in Boston once he is able to pitch. The Sox are gonna need seven pitchers to compete with Sabathia and Burnett.

By: bkfitz

bkfitz — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:08:03 +0000

Sign Smoltz and Lowe. Then when Smoltz is ready, send Niese down to AAA.

But we can only do that in MVP Baseball now,

By: sabermetrician

sabermetrician — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:39:55 +0000

I just read the above about Wolf. Wow, don’t know if I want a part of the guy. Very good work “therealsince86.” Two thumbs up.

By: sabermetrician

sabermetrician — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:36:50 +0000

I like the idea of Guardado, but I think he’ll be much more expensive than Cordero. Two very different signings.

By: sabermetrician

sabermetrician — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:35:32 +0000

That’s a valid question. I just don’t think that Pedro will be very effective next year. I would prefer Wolf to all of them, then Garland, then Redding. I would take Redding over Garland when factoring in price.

By: BronxMetsFan

BronxMetsFan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:18:03 +0000

Someone on the board made a comment about capturing lightning in a bottle with the signings of Penny and Smoltz. Does anyone here believe Pedro can rebound? Though he had a crappy year, he had an effective August and did K 9 batters in his final game (also gave up 5 runs)…the K’s however points to him still having something in the tank. The bottom line I guess is…are Garland, Redding + Wolf (Met fall backs) that much better than Pedro?

By: mdemaio

mdemaio — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:59:51 +0000

If Smoltz pitches 10 games at his 2007 level this year – 5 in September, 5 in October – he’s worth that contract. He was one of the top starters in the NL, even at 40, in 2007, and when healthy there is no starter I’d rather have going for me in a big game. What you’re gambling on is whether or not he returns from surgery with full arm strength. He’s a good fit for Boston, who doesn’t need 150+ innings from him to get their money’s worth.

By: jamie

jamie — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:58:00 +0000

he’s wishing it all the way to the HOF

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:42:36 +0000

well any one year deal is limited in its badness because its over just as soon as it started.

I would guess the Yanks felt they would make back a good share of that 28 mil in jersey sales and whatnot. I dont see how, but maybe thats thier reasoning.

In almost all cases spending the last of your budget on a low risk (one year) high reward situation is a great idea.

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:39:15 +0000

Thanks for doing the research on this. Its quite interesting. I think it would be more complete if you added a catagory above QS. Such as a starter going 7 quality IP. That would help balance out the NVSS and might make Sheets look a little better.