Mariners To Release Jeff Weaver?
According to John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus:
"Speculation is mounting that Seattle is ready to swallow hard and release right-hander Jeff Weaver after his going 0-5 with a 15.35 ERA after five starts."
The handiwork of Scott Boras, an inflated pitching market, and playoff heroics earned Weaver the same one-year, $8.325MM deal he got from the Angels the previous offseason. At when the Angels signed him, he was coming off a solid 14 win season. The Ms signed him after he posted a 5.76 ERA in 31 starts.
I'd be surprised to see the Ms release Weaver. Couldn't they pay $6MM of his salary and virtually give him away to some NL team? Even that would be better than releasing him. Maybe the Padres would take a chance on him if the salary risk was minimal.
If I was Weaver, I'd be paying Seattle 6 million to send me back to St. Louis. This is what he gets for having motor mouth Boras as his agent.
Posted by: ErroRod1985 | May 06, 2007 at 03:08 PM
"This is what he gets..."
What, eight million dollars? Seems like a pretty good idea to me..
Posted by: UngratefulDead | May 06, 2007 at 03:47 PM
Seriously, Boras did him a favor. He wasn't even good for the Cards last season -- he was just good in the playoffs. The Mariners are at fault here -- they should have looked at his stats as an Angel.
Posted by: moebarguy | May 06, 2007 at 07:37 PM
Bill Bavasi is a moron. He has spent tons of money and can't field a .500 ball club. He should be fired.
Posted by: striker | May 06, 2007 at 09:31 PM
hahaha all you can do is laugh I mean who's gonna be the sucker next year?
Posted by: Dev0 | May 06, 2007 at 11:56 PM
I cannot believe he got paid what he did.
I cannot believe he got 2+ teams interested in him.
I can believe his stats this year, he is gone.
Why anyone would want him now is beyond reasoning. He had a mini comeback with the Cardinals, but he wasn't good there either, just as they guy said, 3starts in the post season.
If you don't have a single-A kid who can do better, you might as well pack up your team now.
Posted by: quintjs | May 07, 2007 at 12:01 AM
This blog author kept going on about how Weaver wasn't so bad because he was a "groundball" pitcher. Yyyyyyeeeeeeeeah.
Posted by: DentalPlan | May 07, 2007 at 12:12 AM