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Transaction Oracle— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Cubs - Acquired Gregg
Chicago Cubs - Acquired P Kevin Gregg from the Florida Marlins for P Jose Ceda
Gregg’s closed the last few years, but that’s mainly because of the state of the Marlins. He’s not as good as Wood or Marmol, so can’t really make up for a Wood departure, but he’s a really solid reliever and will be a very good setup guy next year. Ceda could very well come back to haunt the Cubs, however. He’s a physically imposing pitcher with an excellent fastball/slider and has pitched very well in the minors when used as reliever (where he is for good), and while he could blow out his arm tomorrow, he could storm into the league very soon.
2009 ZiPS Projection - Kevin Gregg
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W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA ERA+
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2009 6 4 68 0 70 58 27 5 33 63 3.47 132
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Top Comps: Roy Lee Jackson, Felix Rodriguez
ERA %
66th 53
50th 81
33rd 90
ERA+ %
>150 35
>140 44
>130 56
>120 68
>110 79
>100 89
>90 95
>80 99
>70 100
2009 ZiPS Projection - Jose Ceda
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W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA ERA+
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2009 2 2 47 0 43 41 22 5 28 38 4.60 93
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Top Comps: Emiliano Fruto, Esteban Yan
RA %
66th 9
50th 31
33rd 47
ERA+ %
>150 4
>140 6
>130 10
>120 18
>110 28
>100 44
>90 63
>80 82
>70 93
Dan Szymborski
Posted: November 13, 2008 at 09:00 PM | 35 comment(s)
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1. Mike EmeighOne full season plus part of another, actually; he didn't actually become the closer in 2007 until near the end of May.
Gregg became the first pitcher to lead the Marlins in saves in two consecutive seasons since Alfredo Alfonseca did it from 1999-2001. The Marlins had a different save leader in every season from 2001 through 2007 (in order, Alfonseca, Vladimir Nunez, Braden Looper, Armando Benitez, Todd Jones, Joe Borowski, and Gregg).
-- MWE
Ceda reminds me of Jose Mesa. He has stretches where he'll absolutely blow you away - and stretches where it looks like he has no clue.
-- MWE
66th 53
50th 81
33rd 90"
I understand the other part of the prediction, but how do you read this?
The Fruto comp for Ceda feels pretty good on a gut level, not that it tells us much.
Sounds more like Juan Cruz part deux... though, I guess Cruz seems to have settled into life as a solid middle reliever.
He has a 53% chance of being in the 66th percentile in ERA (and so forth)?
I don't remember hearing this ever. I have no idea how close the Cubs and O's really were, but I'd be surprised (and upset) if Ceda was the holdup.
Among whom, though? His teammates? His league? All MLB? All projected players?
Would you guys find this better, then?
Top Third 53%
Middle Third 37%
Bottom Third 10%
I'm still tweaking formatting.
Seems a little more intuitive to me.
Thanks for the clarification.
Which, in a roundabout way, brings me to this trivia question -- is Ryan Dempster the first pitcher to lead his team in saves one season then wins (tied) the next? And I'll quickly answer it no -- wow, Derek Lowe won 21 games in his first year as a starter.
Better than giving another Howry-type a big, long deal.
Gregg made $2.5 M last year and I assume has a couple years of arb left and 61 saves the last two years. He won't be cheap at all. Some protection if he stinks it up. And I wasn't a fan at the time but the Howry deal worked out just fine. The Eyre deal -- not so much.
As long as Ceda's just going to be a reliever as Dan says, then I'm fine with this deal. Still, somewhat disappointed in the Cubs here. I'm guessing they're looking to Gregg to close with Marmol still being set up -- I'm OK with that because I don't believe in the cult of the closer but I fear it's a sign the Cubs don't think Marmol can handle closing. And either way, I think it shows their continued lack of confidence in Wuertz who's been a very solid reliever. And it makes me wonder how many parts of Angel Guzman's arm currently work. I'm also pretty sure this means Wood is gone which is understandable but I'm kinda sad to see him go.
Basically I think I'd rather have gone Marmol, Wuertz, Samardzija, Guzman, Ceda, Hart, etc. for my bullpen righties but I won't really complain about this.
66th 9
50th 31
33rd 47
And so he has a 13% chance of falling outside [0/1]? :-)
Or a 13% chance of not meeting the 30 IP threshhold (surely the chances are higher than that).
Or a 13% chance of not meeting the 30 IP threshhold (surely the chances are higher than that)
I mean a 13% chance of being in the bottom third of pitchers that throw 30 IP.
Nope, every article about Wood leaving (which is official), mentions that it's likely Marmol's job but Hendry said the final decision won't be made now. I don't see Marmol not winning the job.
Lou doesn't like Wuertz. He's got to be out of options, so if he's around Lou's going to have to learn to like him. I'd like to see Guzman stick, but he needs to stay healthly for more than a week or two before they count on him again. I'd also like to see Hart turn it around, hopefully his big league appearances last year were just a slump.
Gregg will be better than Ceda next year.
Actually, Ceda is more like deux parts Juan Cruz: big Jose weighs 275.
Certainly, this was one place we could afford the lesser, cheaper option. Our bullpen is a good one, in spite of our ########.
Wait, doesn't it mean he has a 53% chance of being in the bottom third? Otherwise, how would one read the Gregg projection?
Also, why are you doing it based on ERA in some cases, RA in others, and ERA+ in others?
I don't use RA anywhere!
Sorry, not trying to nitpick, just trying to understand the new format.
Yeah, 'twas a typo - I didn't cut and paste the whole block. The % sign is one space over, too.
I made an explanation post on TO earlier tonight, which should hopefully answer any questions.
For a while I was thinking they were threshholds -- i.e. that he had a 53% (100-47) of being in the bottom third but then you'd have just two cutoffs not three. So then I thought maybe the 50% was 50% and they were indeed cutoffs ... which maybe it was/is but isn't consistent with the explanations. And then I decided to stop thinking about it and start drinking.
Which gives them like 6 relief pitchers who are better than anyone in the Brewers bullpen. The Cubs have to have better odds than any team in baseball of winning their division next year, right? Best rotation in the division, best bullpen, arguably the best offense, an above average defense...
I love the Brewers, and I hate going into an off season hoping to figure out a way they can win the wild card again.
I can't imagine anyone coming within ten games of the Angels, barring a rash of injuries or freak occurrences.
Smoltz also tied for the team lead in wins in his return to the rotation in 2005.
9% chance of being in the top third
31% chance of being above average
47% chance of being outside the bottom third
They're not supposed to add up to anything, at least if I'm interpreting them correctly. If you want percentages on his landing in specific thirds, those would be:
9% chance of being in the top third
38% chance of being in the middle third
53% chance of being in the bottom third
The typo in this sentence makes the whole thing even funnier, because "cerda" is Spanish for "pig."
RA %
66th 9
50th 31
33rd 47
Can be read as a 9& chance he is in the top third in baseball, a 31% chance he's above the top half, a 47% chance he's top two-thirds, and a 53% chance he busts out his best Jeff Weaver impression.
Hopefully this will help ease the strain on all those overtaxed index fingers out there.
Where's Gregg?
He's not here
Where's Gregg?
We're in his room
But he's not here
Where's Gregg?
He's not here.
1: The Angel's pythag was only 88-74
2: the Angel's offense is unusually reliant upon high average contact hitters- and they bounce around quite a bit- see 2002 vs 2003.
I have the Angels down for a wider spread than virtually any other team a a matter of course. I can see another 100 wins, I can also see 80.
With Oakland, Seattle, and Texas in that division, I can see 80 winning the thing.
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