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