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Foulke Close With Indians
Fantasy leaguers, take note - reliever Keith Foulke is close to signing a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2008 with the Indians. It's still not too late for another team to jump in with a better offer, however.
Foulke would join Joe Borowski as candidates for save opportunities. Foulke, a 34 year-old changeup artist, posted an excellent 5.1 K/BB in 2006. He would join free agent additions Borowski, Roberto Hernandez, and Aaron Fultz in a revamped Cleveland bullpen. Revamped and more expensive, but is it actually better? That's an open question. All four of the new relievers are shaky bets; I guess Mark Shapiro is going for safety in numbers.
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I really like Foulke, I think he was back from his injury concerns and at the end of last year looked as good as he was in '04. He got way to much crap from Boston media, and fan base. I hope he does well in Cleveland, can stay healthy and he gets the props he deserves. I'll never forget the way he pitched in the '04 post season, and he could be in the Bronx and I'd still root for him.
Posted by: ArodSucksAtLife | December 26, 2006 at 10:29 PM
Well, it can't be worse than what they had last year...and for what Baltimore paid Walker and Baez, Cleveland got more and, potentially, better stuff. I mean, their best reliever was Bob Wickman...how pathetic is that? I would've still liked to see them sign Gagne, as a person who non-Cleveland fan who simply likes the team.
Posted by: zubes007 | December 26, 2006 at 11:05 PM
i think foulke is getting the closer job by the end of spring training. even though both (borowski) r serious injury prones, foulke has 2 prove that he can b the pitcher that he was back in 04 w/ the sox so i have a feeling he's the closer for the tribe in the beginning of 07.
Posted by: ramaboy28 | December 26, 2006 at 11:16 PM
was that english?
Posted by: ArodSucksAtLife | December 26, 2006 at 11:40 PM
i was to lazy to punctuate and do all that stuff so it mite have sounded a little screwed up. w.e.
Posted by: ramaboy28 | December 26, 2006 at 11:45 PM
He really doesn't have to prove anything to be the closer in that bullpen. Unless they get someone else, he will be the closer by default.
Posted by: pinetarhand | December 26, 2006 at 11:53 PM
Yes, safety in numbers. Cleveland had two relievers go down with injury in one game (in one INNING!) last season, which forced people like Danny Graves into higher leverage situations.
Posted by: nickjs21 | December 27, 2006 at 11:27 AM
That one inning where we lost Miller and Cabrera was also in the first week was it not? Plus it was after we lost CC putting even more persure on the pen. Add to it the fact Westy, Lee and Byrd all started slow with Jason Johnsons early domination being very short lived and you find the answer to our pitching problems last year. We were doomed from the start, and the WBC really ensurerd that (CC and Cabrera)
When you go from a slight question in the pen to having to use it constantly you know you are doomed. Where the talent was there, the experence wasn't. We had to rely on questionmarks to come up big for us over extended amounts of time. Look at the stats of someone like Graves, he didn't pitch all that bad until he was mis-used; his under 1ip numbers were good where he was getting tore up in 1+ situations. The bouncing around Carmona faced alone is an indication of how bad the problems kept getting.
But I like the chance on Foulke and what the BP looks like now. The experence and depth is there to where even if they don't all produce atleast the kids will have someone around to get help from. Last year with the funk I imagine it was difficult to talk to Graves or Mota, both were considered our problem to begin with...
Nah, little money invested to give us depth, options and experence isn't bad in my mind - I mean its not like we pulled a Balt. If it dosent work out we tried, if we didn't try it would almost certainly mean a repeat of last year. I say bring on your elderly and crippled, if its cheap what risk is there to us?
Posted by: darkstar1661 | December 27, 2006 at 06:29 PM