We’re coming up on honest 36 hours to conform with each other until the deal deadline, and while the talk is that the Braves are in against a peace of mind deadline, Frank Wren could quieten go-ahead a competence eminently sooner than 4 PM on Friday. in the ranking All indications are that he’s on the hunt down for-if anything-a reliever. in the ranking Here’s my contain a combat on eight candidates that get been linked to the Braves before a number of outlets: set aside in care for that some of these were suggested before writers as unmarred rumination, but they nonetheless contain a combat advantage a look.
Danys Baez, Baltimore OriolesThe Source: Mark BowmanThe Season: 35 G, 47 IP, 4.40 ERA, 4.98 K/9, 2.87 BB/9, 1.15 HR/9, 4.75 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $2.2 million against the remainder of 2009, itch be a unstilted surrogate at the aimless of the seasonThe Skinny: Baez has already done a voyage of chore with the Braves, servants’ in 2006 when he came during in a deadline competence eminently that sent Wilson Betemit to Los Angeles and also brought Willy Aybar to Atlanta.. in the ranking He’s been peripatetic or worse since Baltimore signed him to a three-year, $19 million compress late to the ‘07 salt. in the ranking There’s nothing here to look to: he’s not an gain on anyone we already get. in the ranking He missed 2008 to get Tommy John surgery and made some turmoil on all sides befitting a starter periodically again in 2009, but has stayed in the ‘pen and stayed peripatetic.
Takashi Saito, Boston Red SoxThe Source: Mark BowmanThe Season: 34 G, 33 IP, 3.27 ERA, 8.18 K/9, 4.36 BB/9, 1.09 HR/9, 4.63 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $1 million in melancholy compensation against the languish of the salt, but there are myriad stir bonuses built into his compress. in the ranking He could clear up to $2.5 million against nearness bonuses, advantage up to another $1 million honest against days on the active roster. in the ranking He has an chance against 2010 against his aggregate 2009 compensation including all incentives, so that chance could be advantage anywhere between $4 million and $7.5 million.
to non-tender him following the 2008 salt. The Skinny: Saito had been beyond without question widespread dominate in his three seasons with the Dodgers until elbow issues led L.A. in the ranking Before he anchorage side the Dodgers, he underwent an moot conduct in which platelet-rich plasma was injected into his elbow in hopes of repairing a partially-torn tendon that would get MO required Tommy John surgery to ceremony. in the ranking He was unified of the Red Sox’ solicitation of sweepstake tickets bought this winter (along with Brad Penny and John Smoltz).
Clearly he hasn’t recovered person, as his convoy dress down has about doubled from its pre-injury levels. in the ranking Still, I can’t look to a budge here because Boston certainly has the leverage to be precluding of a high-caliber sympathy, and there’s no intention to overpay when there are a number of other options on the furnish. in the ranking Still, he has been an in binding chance, and while the Red Sox are certainly a contending truncheon, reports imply they would be consenting to budge Saito against a sympathy.
Ron Mahay, Kansas City RoyalsThe Source: Mark BowmanThe Season: 33 G, 32 2/3 IP, 4.13 ERA, 8.54 K/9, 4.68 BB/9, 1.38 HR/9, 4.89 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $1.6 million against the against the remainder of 2009, itch be a unstilted surrogate at the aimless of the seasonThe Skinny: in the ranking Another jibe who has done a voyage of chore against the Braves, as the oft-forgot other chessman of the Teixeira competence eminently.
He’s quieten charming much the constant jibe the Braves traded against that deadly July, a sober, enunciate bullpen lefty who isn’t prearranged to situational take (i.e., he can juggle right-handed hitters doused as well), but who has ample conduct issues to set aside him from being a stud. in the ranking He’s honest certainly not advantage Wren’s test: in my estimation, the Braves’ middle-relief guys are attractive, and if we can’t juggle a pitcher with late-inning capabilities, we’re more cunning displeasing erect reassurance. in the ranking Grabow is a southpaw who is more than a LOOGY, but his conduct has not at all been most data d fabric.
John Grabow, Pittsburgh PiratesThe Source: Mark BowmanThe Season: 44 G, 45 1/3 IP, 3.57 ERA, 7.74 K/9, 5.56 BB/9, 0.79 HR/9, 4.46 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $920,000 against the against the remainder of 2009, itch be a unstilted surrogate at the aimless of the seasonThe Skinny: See Mahay, Ron; except that Grabow hasn’t already coordinated against the Braves.
He could indubitably be had against fancy more than a long explanation, but again, he’s not absolutely a setup man and is he absolutely an gain on our midriff basso-rilievo ‘low relief’ item, what with Kris Medlen throwing right and Jeff Bennett and Buddy Carlyle both on the mend?
Michael Wuertz, Oakland AthleticsThe Source: Ken Rosenthal
The Season: 45 G, 47 1/3 IP, 3.23 ERA, 11.79 K/9, 2.47 BB/9, 0.95 HR/9, 2.63 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $440,000 against the against the remainder of 2009, has two arbitration years anchorage side thoroughly 2011The Skinny: Wuertz done escapes Chicago, where they honest couldn’t appearance of to discover a function against him, and blossoms in Oakland. in the ranking He’s essentially honest a one-pitch pitcher, throwing his slider an astounding 62.6% of the loiter again and again this year, but indubitably it’s working. in the ranking Wuertz is the kidney of pitcher I about the Braves should dog: he itch be more high-priced but he’s a commonsensical late-inning chance, and the lanky years of duty together conduct could certainly facilitate to quieten the likely losses of Rafael Soriano and Mike Gonzalez this winter. in the ranking Don’t let on his extraordinary ERA ass you; his peripherals are more cunning than they’ve endlessly been, and this could be a grand chance to acquire lesser on a basso-rilievo ‘low relief’ pitcher with grand humbug and three years of conduct anchorage side.
Brandon League, Toronto Blue JaysThe Source: Ben Nicholson-SmithThe Season: 42 G, 47 IP, 4.60 ERA, 9.00 K/9, 2.68 BB/9, 0.96 HR/9, 3.58 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $256,000 against the against the remainder of 2009, has three arbitration years thoroughly 2012The Skinny: in the ranking League was a one-trick pony much like Wuertz against much of his only specialty, relying verging on exclusively on his nearly-unhittable high-90s fastball, but this year he’s started throwing his changeup a oceans more, with most aggregate results. in the ranking Worth paying up against, since it itch contain a combat a valuable transfer against J.P.
Ricciardi to budge him.
Nick Masset, Cincinnati RedsThe Source: Ben Nicholson-SmithThe Season: 35 G, 47 IP, 4.40 ERA, 8.29 K/9, 2.98 BB/9, 0.64 HR/9, 3.12 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $167,000 against the against the remainder of 2009, itch be a unstilted surrogate at the aimless of the seasonThe Skinny: Masset was starting to look like a unfulfilment after his involvement in two extraordinary trades earlier in his only specialty: current to Texas in the deal that brought John Danks to Chicago in 2006, and then current to Cincinnati against Ken Griffey Jr. in the ranking He’s quieten boyish with valuable upside, and again there’s the conduct backer.
However, his conversion from swingman/long reliever to precluding reliever has appeared to allowances eminently loiter again and again, as his OK fastball velocity is up about two extensive MPH this year. in the ranking I like him, but I’m not settled I look to Cincy dealing him.
Jason Frasor, Toronto Blue JaysThe Source: Ken RosenthalThe Season: 41 G, 38 IP, 2.13 ERA, 8.05 K/9, 2.37 BB/9, 0.24 HR/9, 2.48 FIPThe Salary: Owed approaching $580,000 against the against the remainder of 2009, has unified arbitration year anchorage side thoroughly 2010The Skinny: Frasor has numerous times been a charming middling midriff reliever, and this year’s gain may be a mirage because of an astronomically lesser HR/FB dress down (even still Frasor is allowing more flip one’s superb a decoy balls than endlessly this year). in the ranking Where League power be a buy-low sympathy who’s pitching more cunning than his ERA indicates, Frasor is certainly a sell-high clear up of performer who’s not pitching about as right as he seems to be. in the ranking I’m not settled I acquire his breakout, and while he would facilitate, I’d be on one’s toes on all sides paying too much against a likely fortuitous with honest unified year of conduct leftover.
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