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#1
Posted 12 October 2012 - 10:24 AM
#2
Posted 12 October 2012 - 10:32 AM
Would you think about bringing him back on a 1 year, 2-3 mil (+incentives) deal?
Yes
#3
Posted 12 October 2012 - 10:47 AM
#4
Posted 12 October 2012 - 10:49 AM
I'd consider bringing him back as a reliever, but not for that much money.
#5
Posted 12 October 2012 - 11:03 AM
#6
Posted 12 October 2012 - 11:49 AM
#7
Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:06 PM
#8
Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:19 PM
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
Yogi Berra
#9
Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:49 PM
#10
Posted 12 October 2012 - 12:55 PM
I think he'll probably cost a little more than that, but I'd be in favor of bringing him back on a one-year deal. Still only 29 and there's quite a bit of upside there. Are people forgetting what a world-beater he was for three months before the Twins traded him?
Yeah thats true, but I can't see it being much more than 5 million. He really killed his value by struggling for the Sox down the stretch.
I'd just we rather bring in Liriano then the next Ramon Ortiz, Hernandez, Marquis etc etc I'm not sure I would give him 5 million though, maybe 1 year 3 million that goes up to 5 million if he pitches 180 IP
#11
Posted 12 October 2012 - 01:20 PM
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Posted 12 October 2012 - 01:28 PM
#13
Posted 12 October 2012 - 01:47 PM
No, I haven't forgotten about how he was lights out before the trade. I also haven't forgotten about how he pitched in 2011 either.
You can come up with statistics to prove anything. Forty percent of all people know that.
#14
Posted 12 October 2012 - 01:58 PM
#15
Posted 12 October 2012 - 02:21 PM
I think he'll probably cost a little more than that, but I'd be in favor of bringing him back on a one-year deal. Still only 29 and there's quite a bit of upside there. Are people forgetting what a world-beater he was for three months before the Twins traded him?
He had a good June.... but an awful year. Liriano hasn't been a world-beater since 2006.
#16
Posted 12 October 2012 - 03:11 PM
Just a hint, if three months of very good pitching still isn't enough to drop your ERA below 5 - you shouldn't be gushed about. At all. You're a hope and a prayer, not a sound investment.
#17
Posted 12 October 2012 - 03:14 PM
If Liriano was a "world beater" this year who has a "decent" chance of being our best starter - I can only imagine what a pitching god like Bruce Chen, Henderson Alvarez, or Luke Hochever would be worth on the open market.
Just a hint, if three months of very good pitching still isn't enough to drop your ERA below 5 - you shouldn't be gushed about. At all. You're a hope and a prayer, not a sound investment.
I'm not saying he would be a world beater, but I would rather give him 2-3 mil then the next Marquis. At least with a guy like Liriano there is that hope that he becomes a nice bargain.
#18
Posted 12 October 2012 - 03:19 PM
I think he'll probably cost a little more than that, but I'd be in favor of bringing him back on a one-year deal. Still only 29 and there's quite a bit of upside there. Are people forgetting what a world-beater he was for three months before the Twins traded him?
He wasn't exactly facing the 27 Yanks in that little 10 game run. 3 NL teams, Oak twice, KC twice, White Sox, Balt and TX. Some good offensive teams in there but a lot of bad lineups, too. TX game was fluky - 6 walks and 5 hits but only 1 run. And it wasn't like he got better in Chicago. Those 10 games were about all that went right for him last year.
#19
Posted 12 October 2012 - 03:22 PM
#20
Posted 12 October 2012 - 08:39 PM