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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Rangers - Signed Turnbow

Texas Rangers - Signed P Oil Can Turnbow to a minor-league contract.

Going onto 4 years since the last time Turnbow was effective, he should be happy that he's still getting calls. Turnbow has 3 solid pitches, none of which he has any idea what to do with or any inkling as to where they're heading. And a tear in his rotator cuff for which he's chosen the Todd Stottlemyre "Ignore it and it'll magically go away" surgical technique, a technique developed over the years by winos with a yellowish tint to their skin. Absent a miracle, I think I'd rather have hepatitis than Turnbow.

ZiPS Projection - Derrick Turnbow
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            W   L   G  GS   IP    H   ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA   ERA+
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2009        3   6  53   0   46   45   32   5  50  50  6.26    73
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Top Comps:  Jerry Johnson, Sarge Connally, Bill Zuber, Gene Harris

ERA     %
Top 1/3 1
Mid 1/3 17
Bot 1/3 82

ERA+    %       BB      %
>150    0       <8      0
>140    0       <10     0
>130    0       <13     0
>120    1       <15     0
>110    5       <18     0
>100    13      <20     0
>90     25
>80     44      HR      %
>70     68      <4      44
                <5      56
K       %       <7      77
>46     75      <8      84
>41     87
>36     95
>31     99

(Based on Projected IP)
Dan Szymborski Posted: January 06, 2009 at 01:19 PM | 4 comment(s)
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   1. flournoy  Posted: January 06, 2009 at 01:38 PM (#3044602)
Nice walk ratio.
   2. 6 - 4 - 3  Posted: January 06, 2009 at 01:49 PM (#3044621)
The scary thing is that even if he's as bad as ZIPS says, there's still a chance that he'll be more effective than several of the 2008 Ranger relievers.

Kinda like Mark Hendrickson joining the Orioles rotation: sure he sucks, but he's still an improvement over the dreck that he's replacing.
   3. Ivan Grushenko of Hong Kong  Posted: January 06, 2009 at 07:37 PM (#3044970)
Apparently he has an 18% chance at being useful. That's not bad at this price.
   4. jwb  Posted: January 16, 2009 at 03:02 AM (#3053469)
Nice walk ratio.
It's healthy to lead a balanced life.
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