The old handshake deal gains momentum...
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/0...be-type-b.html
The old handshake deal gains momentum...
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/0...be-type-b.html
I have a love-hate relationship with Albert Pujols. Mostly hate.
I am for trading Cordero regardless of whether the Reds are dropping out of the race or not. He could be replaced by Massett or Ondrusek, opening up a spot in the pen for someone like Bailey or Volquez or even Willis.
To me, closers are like running backs in the NFL. There are solid ones everywhere, so they aren't expensive; they don't hold their value that long; and when they lose it, it's like going over a cliff.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Thing is, kickers stay around forever. Closers for the most part have a few good years and that's it. Rivera and Hoffman and ??? are the only ones that lasted a good long time in recent memory.
Here's a list of the saves leaders since 2000 in the AL and NL. See any future hall of famers on that list? And note Greg Gagne is representative of what I'm talking about...dude had a few great seasons and just fell off the face of the earth.
Brian Wilson (SFG) 48 Rafael Soriano (TBR) 45
Heath Bell (SDP) 42 Brian Fuentes * (LAA) 48
Jose Valverde (HOU) 44 Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) 62
Jose Valverde (ARI) 47 Joe Borowski (CLE) 45
Trevor Hoffman (SDP) 46 Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) 47
Chad Cordero (WSN) 47 Francisco Rodriguez (LAA)
Bob Wickman (CLE) 45
Armando Benitez (FLA)
Jason Isringhausen (STL) 47 Mariano Rivera (NYY) 53
Eric Gagne (LAD) 55 Keith Foulke (OAK) 43
John Smoltz (ATL) 55 Eddie Guardado * (MIN) 45
Robb Nen (SFG) 45 Mariano Rivera (NYY) 50
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
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