Diamondbacks - Acquired the White Beauty

Arizona Diamondbacks - Acquired P Scott Schoeneweis from the New York Mets for P Connor Robertson

Schoeneweis, unlike Embree in the previous entry, is a player of much utility as he turns left-handed hitters into pitchers.  The Mets let him face righties too often, so he leaves New York less popular than Ed Whitson.  I don’t care what the game situation is, you keep Schoeneweis away from right-handed batters as much as possible even if you have to place a sniper on the roof.  If ever there was a candidate for the old Herzog ploy of doing a defensive double-switch and sticking the pitcher in the outfield for a batter or two, this fellow is it.

On the plus side, the Mets are throwing in $1.6 million.  Which is a good thing because given the financial picture Arizona’s been painting, they had no business paying $3.6 million for Schoeneweis.  I’m not sure that they should even be paying the $2 million, but it’s less clear-cut than the non-subsidized version.

Robertson’s kind of a meh reliever and will probably not have a big impact on the Mets.

ZiPS Projection - Scott Schoeneweis
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            W   L   G  GS   IP    H   ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA   ERA+
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2009        2   3  67   0   52   55   27   6  24  31  4.67   101
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Top Comps:  Rich Rodriguez, Mark Guthrie

ODDIBE

ERA     %

Top 1/3 5

Mid 1/3 45

Bot 1/3 50

ERA+    %       BB      %

>150    1
<9      0

>
140    3   
<12     0

>
130    7   
<14     9

>
120    15   
<17     17

>
110    29   
<20     28

>
100    51   
<23     49

>
90     75

>80     93      HR      %

>70     100     <4      11

                <6      34

K       %       <8      71

>52     0       <9      98

>46     0

>40     3

>35     19