2 years, $14 million.
Their rotation has a pretty solid top-four with Burnett, McDonald, Wandy and Liriano. I assume Morton will be No. 5 if healthy?
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/87...on-report-says
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2 years, $14 million.
Their rotation has a pretty solid top-four with Burnett, McDonald, Wandy and Liriano. I assume Morton will be No. 5 if healthy?
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/87...on-report-says
The way Liriano has pitched the past several years has been quite Volquez-like. I think this is a good signing...for the Reds.
I think this is another move that shows who the Pirates really are. Sign a reputation to try to prove you're a contender while hoping fans won't think about how poorly the player's performed recently. ERA over five the last two seasons, three of the last four.
Well, Pittsburg is not exactly a place where most FA want to go.
I have not followed Liriano much, but he's not a horrible signing for the BOR. He's had success in the past, there's always hope to recapture the magic.
I like this signing better than comparable ones that the Reds used to make (Fogg, J Anderson, etc)
Signings like this make me appreciate guys like Arroyo and Leake though. Kind of proves how scarce quality starting pitching is.
Burnett was all kinds of awful in NY, but he was an ace w/Pitt. Maybe they think a change of scenery will help Liriano.
But isn't $14 million a lot of money for a hope? And even $17 million for Russell Martin seemed a lot to me
Am I just out of touch with how much money teams have these days? I could see a Liriano getting a 1 year deal, but 2 years, $14 million?
That's a lot of money for a guy who hasn't looked genuinely good since 2006.
This is the kind of guy you sign for $3M over 1 year with a chance to prove himself again.
Also, didn't Pittsburgh non-tender Jeff Karstens? I definitely think Karstens is better than Liriano, and is cheaper to boot.
I don't understand current baseball economics. Stephen Drew's $10M deal is another headscratcher for me. Guys I think should get a minor league deal & an invite to spring training are getting millions of dollars.
Liriano isn't awful but he doesn't seem worth the deal he got.
As someone said earlier, a lot of people were wondering why the Pirates wanted anything to do with AJ Burnett. Sometimes a change of scenery is all a guy needs -- especially a starting pitcher going from the AL to the NL. Not saying this was a good move for the Bucs, but I don't think it was a terrible one. They definitely needed another starting pitcher. They have a pretty decent rotation now from 1-5.