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Friday, December 09, 2011
A trade between three unelected and frankly unaccountable teams. the Tigers and Nationals pulled off an exchange of right-handed relievers Ryan Perry and Collin Balester on Friday….
Perry… ended the year with a 5.35 ERA and a 24/21 K/BB ratio in 37 innings. Overall, he has a 4.07 ERA and a 129/82 K/BB ratio in 161 1/3 innings as a major leaguer.
Balester is viewed more of a flop than Perry, but he also has the better raw stuff; while both tend to throw in the 93-95 mph range, Balester’s curveball is a superior offering to Perry’s slider. It shows in the strikeout numbers, as Balester has fanned 62 in 56 2/3 innings of relief over the last two years.
Balester, though, has more of a wild streak than Perry. He’s also out of options, whereas Perry still has an option year left.
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1. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: December 10, 2011 at 01:58 AM (#4012072)An important difference being that Napoli was a quality player being jerked around because his manager liked a lesser one while Perry pitched like crap all year and was used as much as any reliever with a 5.35 ERA and 1/1 K/BB rate should be used.
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