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Transaction Oracle— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Reds - Signed Fogg, Released Wilson
Cincinnati Reds - Signed P Josh Fogg to a 1-year contract; released 1B Craig Wilson.
Josh Fogg peaked about a week too early. After a good second-half and one of the best team comebacks in history down the stretch, Fogg's 2 playoff wins oddly enough had the talking heads on the World Series coverage talking about Fogg with hushed awe, as if they couldn't believe that the man who held one of baseball's worst offensive teams to 1 run in 6 innings was actually on the mound in front of them. If he had held the Red Sox, it would've been worth quite a few million dollars. Alas, the Red Sox murderized him and he went back to Josh Fogg, the regular ol' mediocre version.
But hey, he's only getting about 20% of what Livan Hernandez will get to probably be a worse pitcher.
Wilson failed his physical. Just ask Wilson or Morgan Ensberg or Brad Wilkerson - shoulder injuries don't just ruin the careers of pitchers.
2008 ZiPS Projection - Josh Fogg
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W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA ERA+
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Projection 7 10 28 26 153 176 89 22 57 93 5.24 88
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Opt. (15%) 9 8 29 27 166 172 77 18 51 106 4.17 111
Pes. (15%) 4 10 23 22 120 156 87 23 51 66 6.52 71
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Top Comps: Paul Wilson, Jason Johnson
Dan Szymborski
Posted: February 23, 2008 at 08:27 AM | 8 comment(s)
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Bensons probably won't look too different, but I would like to see the adjustment in Feliz from AT%T to CBP.
Well thats what pitching 30-70 more innings a year of, usually, more effective baseball will do for you.
But Fogg is a damn good bargain at 1-year, 1-mil. Thats practically minimum MLB wage
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