Acquired RHP Kirk Saarloos and a PTBNL from the A's for David Shafer and a PTBNL.
And Mark Bellhorn agreed to terms on a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training.
Acquired RHP Kirk Saarloos and a PTBNL from the A's for David Shafer and a PTBNL.
And Mark Bellhorn agreed to terms on a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training.
Interesting. I wonder if Saarloos was acquired for the bullpen or the rotation.
There goes RZ's 12th rated Red's prospect...
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Interesting.
Saarlos I know nothing about, but Bellhorn... I thought WayneK wanted to cut down on the strikeouts!!
I'll have to see this kids stats. Very interesting. I don't hate trading the unknown for the unproven.
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W.K quietly makes another nice move.
Code:Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WP BFP IBB BK ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 2002 23 HOU NL 6 7 17 17 1 1 0 0 85.3 100 59 57 12 27 54 6 1 372 5 0 6.01 4.28 71 1.488 2003 24 HOU NL 2 1 36 4 0 0 11 0 49.3 55 31 27 4 17 43 3 0 218 3 0 4.93 4.41 90 1.459 2004 25 OAK AL 2 1 6 5 0 0 1 0 24.3 27 13 12 4 12 10 2 0 112 0 0 4.44 4.68 106 1.603 2005 26 OAK AL 10 9 29 27 2 1 0 0 159.7 170 75 74 11 54 53 11 1 682 8 0 4.17 4.49 108 1.403 2006 27 OAK AL 7 7 35 16 0 0 7 2 121.3 149 70 64 19 53 52 3 3 548 3 0 4.75 4.43 93 1.665 +--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+ 5 Yr WL% .519 27 25 123 69 3 2 19 2 440.0 501 248 234 50 163 212 25 5 1932 19 0 4.79 4.43 93 1.509
Saarloos isn't a strikeout pitcher and his WHIP indicates that he does allow a lot of baserunners. We'll have to see how this one turns out. Saarloos is the kind of pitcher that needs a good defense behind him to be truly effective.
Last edited by Red Leader; 01-23-2007 at 03:37 PM.
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Saarloos career numbers:
3.33 BB/9
4.34 K/9
1.509 WHIP
4.79 ERA (vs. league avg.: 4.43)
He's only 27 so there's room for improvement but I don't see much to get excited about.
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I like this, quite a bit.
Contract status for those wondering: Saarloos signed a one-year, $1.2 million contract with the A's a few days ago to avoid arbitration, and isn't eligible for free agency until after the 2009 season.
Last edited by Tom Servo; 01-23-2007 at 03:47 PM.
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Could the ptbnl from the A's be the Rule V pick Burton that was selected from the A's?
I like Saarloos alot. The A's yanked him back and forth from the pen to starting a ton which never let him settle in. I like this trade alot.
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Saarloos is a ground ball pitcher, so I understand the thinking. He'll be the fifth starter coming out of camp, no doubt.
To me, Bellhorn is very interesting. I would expect him to make the team with Castro as extra infielders. That doesn't leave a lot of room for other bench players. Deno, Valentin, Hamilton, Conine? One too many.
Either they don't expect Deno to make it, or they don't expect Hamilton to make it, or they have something else brewing.
I think its a very nice pickup. He wont ever be as good as Harang or Arroyo but in the NL he could be a solid #3.
Just caught that on Trent's blog.
I'm not a fan of Saarloos. I don't understand how the guy can survive striking out so few hitters. But in an environment where Ramon Ortiz just signed for $3 million, Shafer's not too much to pay for another plausible rotation option.
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