Comments on: Cards Sign Joel Pineiro

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:25:34 +0000

There is a counter-argument concerning Piniero on Tango’s blog…

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:12:13 +0000

When Pineiro was only 25, he had a 37-20 career record. It seems he is getting his career back on track after pitching in his last outing eight strong shutout innings against the Mets, only 93 pitches and striking out 6. He deserves a much better offense to back him than the M’s did from 2004-06. He can’t possibly be worse than Horacio Ramirez.

By: J Beaumont

J Beaumont — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:34:52 +0000

JC,

I understand if the market commands salaries, but, as tangotiger says, isn’t Marquis an outlier as far as being given salaries that, even if inflated for supply and demand, are still “mistakes”? Or can things never go back once a mistake has been made? Only saying this because i’d be willing to bet that if, say, Marquis did something Jeff Kent-like to violate his contract and his team was able to let him go without penalty, that there’s no way he’s resigning for another $7mil/year contract. Am i crazy here? It seems like it’s one thing if you’re Steve Trachsel five years ago and you are totally mediocre but relatively consistent every year, but Marquis and Pineiro have not only been bad very recently but have also been very up and down… is this beside the point?

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:29:21 +0000

Maybe they signed him so that LaRussa can keep showing us that he’s a managerial genius when it comes to bullpen management.

By: tangotiger

tangotiger — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:43:32 +0000

JC, you had him at 7MM in 2006, with a 6.36 ERA? You are right about Marquis (and add in Jeff Weaver too). Those three were probably the three worst starters in 2006. I can see why they’d be similar.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:33:03 +0000

Why would the A’s trade one of the best young pitchers in the game who makes very little money? I don’t see Blanton getting moved.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:18:53 +0000

Yeah, the market price for even mediocre pitching is fairly high which is why it will be a great bargain for the Braves to sign Tom Glavine for under $10 million. I hope they sign Glavine AND trade for another pretty good starter (Blanton?).