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2008 is going to be a long season.
But Joel Pineiro, that is a wise signing.
Joel Piniero, WTF? Has there been a timewarp and the Cardinals still think it's 2003?
Judging by what they paid Mulder, yes.
That said, it's still an awful contract.
I actually thought he'd be a decent rebound candidate, now that the blood vessel in his arm wasn't being blocked and making his hand go numb anymore.
Terrible signing.
The funny thing here is that supposedly the other team running up the bidding for Mulder's services was the ultra-hip Indians.
What a load of crap.
I know he's been awful in recent years, but he was throwing extremely well in that shut out against the Mets. Yes I know the mets were collapsing, but aside from that game they were hitting and scoring runs.
Also he had a 40/12 k/bb with STL, yes his homers were up, but overall his peripherals showed a marke dimprovement over his 2005/06 numbers.
I'm betting Pineiro broke into Jocketty's vacant office, made up some papers, and then had a press conference while wearing a fake moustache and funny hat...
"Yes, we've signed the amazing Joel Pineiro for great wads of cash...me? I'm the interim GM...Jim. Jim Pineir-I mean Smith."
You may have been joking, but I actually suspect this is exactly why this contract was signed.
In either case, you kind of have to wonder why exactly Jocketty had to go.
If you'd rather have Jeff Weaver back in StL, he's available again. But beware, 2006 World Series Hero Weaver commanded $8.3 million from Seattle this season.
Starting a public turf war with your boss is never a good idea.
The Cardinals just bet $13 million based on 60 good (sorta) innings. The Porcello thing looks a little worse now.
"Yes, we've signed the amazing Joel Pineiro for great wads of cash...me? I'm the interim GM...Jim. Jim Pineir-I mean Smith."
I chuckled.
Yeah, but the entire turf war was started as the result of a guy DeWitt promoted to keep Jocketty from making moves exactly like this one. Either there's something in Jeff Luhnow's database that says that Reyes, Thompson, Narveson, and Kip Wells are all going to collapse next year, or the Cardinals are basing this decision on 60 innings' worth of ERA to the exclusion of all else.
"Well, that and the $13 million they paid me."
Reyes 6.04
Wells 5.70
Thompson 4.73
(edit: Not sure why you mentioned Narveson. Didn't pitch in the majors last year and his minor league numbers are not inspiring.)
If they collapse any more they won't be fit to pitch in Memphis. I'm not a fan of Piniero, I think they paid more than he's worth, but there's a decent chance this works out OK for the Cards. ERA can be fluky and 60 innings of it should not radically change our evaluation of a player, but a 40-12 K/W ratio in those 60 innings is a more positive sign that they found something here. I'd be less optimistic about him if Duncan and LaRussa left, as he's the type of pitcher they have had much success with.
I guess I'd rather have Piniero at this rate than Marquis at 3/21 or Suppan 4/40.
I guess I'd rather have Piniero at this rate than Marquis at 3/21 or Suppan 4/40.
I guess I'd rather get punched in the stomach than punched in the nuts.
Well played.
Randy Wolf and Jeff Weaver got one year deals in the 7-8 range. Adam Eaton got a highly inflated 24/3 only because the Bank had to overpay for pitching. Um, I guess 13/2 really isn't that much out of whack.
He is getting the same contract Duque got last season and I didn't think that was a bad deal. Duque was probably better more recently than Pineiro but Pineiro is younger. Still, it's not hard to imagine a situation where he is awful.
It is comical how teams either think a veteran pitcher is done so he has trouble getting a spring training invite; or teams think a pitcher might still be salvaged and gives him a 7 million contract. Maybe more teams should try the Nationals' plan of starting pitching, 30-plus AAA fillers liberally sprinkled with AA kids.
Yeah, exactly. I think it's practically been proven already that this makes sense for the bullpen outside of 15 or so guys who can actually be guaranteed to be good relievers. Maybe it's like that for starters as well.
Who's the best prospect that's been picked up for an NRI? I'm guessin' this as much a fantasy as Piñeiro throwing 200 innings with a 4.00 ERA in 2008.
Sparkles, I've been away, so sorry about the delayed response. But there are two qualifiers to what you're saying about Jocketty/Luhnow. First, IMO Luhnow was brought in less to stop Tino deals or what-not and more to build a hundred million dollar development machine, and it's just not there yet. Eventually there's some relationship between the two, but again they're not there yet. Second, there's the PR aspect of starting Reyes or Thompson that you've already mentioned. While it was pretty stupid to put themselves in this position, they are in this position.
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