Marlins - Acquired Villone

Florida Marlins - Acquired P Ron Villone from the Seattle Mariners for P Mike Flannery and P Yorman Bazardo.

Not a bad pickup at all in return for a LOOGY - it seems the Mariners are the only team really collecting a few prospects the last 24 hours.  Bazardo is the key pickup here - a solid 21-year-old fastball/changeup guy who gets a lot of groundballs and if he’s not kept as a starter, could be a very good reliever someday.  Flannery’s a much lesser prospect, but could provide useful at the end of the bullpen, though more likely to get that role for the Rainiers.

2005 ZiPS Projection - Ron Villone
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Period       W   L   G  GS   IP    H   ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA
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Actual ‘05   2   3  52   0   40   33   11   2  23  41  2.45

Rest ‘05     2   2  18   3   35   32   17   3  18  30  4.37
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Total ‘05    4   5  70   3   75   65   28   5  41  71  3.35

2005 ZiPS Projection - Mike Flannery
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Period        W   L   G  GS   IP    H   ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA
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Actual ‘05*   2   3  45   0   52   52   26   8  18  45  4.50

Rest ‘05      1   2  20   0   23   23   14   4  11  17  5.48
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* - Includes MLE