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Keith Foulke To Return
Last winter, Keith Foulke signed with the Tribe for one year and $5MM. It was supposed to be a battle of the questionable closers with Joe Borowski. Instead, Foulke "retired" with an elbow issue while JoBo went on to post what was easily the worst 40 save season in baseball history. Antonio Alfonseca's 2000 is a distant second (he had a 4.24 ERA).
Foulke had a simple elbow procedure in September, and will start throwing in November. He's coming back for the 2008 season, with the Red Sox first on his list. The Indians and D'Backs may also get special consideration. We first heard about Foulke's comeback plans back in May. In my opinion, the changeup artist would be best served in the NL. He hasn't seen the league except for a brief stint as a starter for the Giants ten years ago.
Fortunately here at MLBTR we have a fairly comprehensive archive of last winter's hot stove dealings. The D'Backs and perhaps four other clubs were in on him. D-Rays Bay says Tampa Bay was one of them.
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Would he demand to close? Arizona and Boston dont seem like fits if that is the case.
Posted by: themfightnwords | October 13, 2007 at 04:24 PM
I doubt it. It would be silly for him to come in demanding to close, when he wasnt a great closer to begin with, and he has taken a year off and had surgery. That said, there may be teams that want him in the 9th inning. Themfightnwords, he seems like a good fit with your Royals, sign him to close, flip him at the deadline like Octavio.
Posted by: nrmax88 | October 13, 2007 at 05:20 PM
Not a bad idea because its a low-risk signing. It would be interesting if he went back to the sox and got somewhere near the level he was at in 2004. Can you imagine Foulke-Delcarmen- Okajima-Papplebon?
Posted by: themfightnwords | October 13, 2007 at 05:44 PM
I can, except for Papplebon never heard of him. Is he any good?
Posted by: ArodSucksAtLife | October 13, 2007 at 05:54 PM
He's said before that he doesn't really like baseball its not even his favorite sport, plays for the pay check. So I can't imagine him giving a crap about winning who ever pays most is where he will end up. I'd like to see him back in Boston. I guess for us it kind of depends on what happens with Tavarez and Timlin if they go after him as he would be a 7th inning mop up guy here.
Posted by: ArodSucksAtLife | October 13, 2007 at 06:03 PM
Im open to Foulke coming back to the red sox....04 Foulke that it is
Posted by: 04Forever | October 15, 2007 at 09:39 AM