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Rockies Decline Option On Herges
According to Troy E. Renck of the Denver Post, the Rockies declined their $2.5MM option on reliever Matt Herges. The buyout was $250K. Add a few more bucks to the Rockies' budget. They still have roughly $70MM likely to be committed to current players though.
Herges' ERA went up significantly this year, but his component skills didn't change much. His strikeouts and walks are both up a touch, but the big difference was the rate at which batted balls fell for hits.
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Take a look at him Omar. These are the sort of guys you pickup to create a solid bullpen. Collect a bunch of cheap bullpen arms that have had some past success, even if they have struggled recently, and see who sticks. You could probably pick up a Matt Herges, Juan Cruz, Doug Brocail and DaMaso Marte for the 16 million that K-Rod would want. It would also stabilize the pen more then throwing huge dollars at a good closer would.
Posted by: nrmax88 | October 07, 2008 at 09:22 PM
The Cards looked into him once. I would say there is a good chance he ends up in St. Louis
Posted by: Redbirdfan | October 07, 2008 at 09:33 PM
marlins were interested in him during the trading deadline. i wonder if they get him , because there little expericence in the bullpen and he was a former marlins too.
Posted by: marlinsman1120 | October 07, 2008 at 09:52 PM
nrmax88- Especially when that closer gets hurt/implodes. I like your philosophy. The problems with Herges/Brocail would be the age concerns (Herges is 38; Brocail is 41), but as a cheap back-end of the pen, go for it (limit aged/injury risk/possibly declining additions to 1-2 though). Brocail costs the first round draft pick though.
I could see Marte and Cruz getting significant raises, but saying they're at 5MM/yr(and that's a high estimate) each, you can still sign all 4 for about 15MM per year. Other names to consider in this pool would be holding on to Ayala, going for a David Weathers/Jeremy Affeldt type, etc.
Posted by: melonis rex | October 07, 2008 at 09:53 PM
I just hate the idea of putting all your bullpen eggs in one basket. It is nice to have a designated closer, but I would rather have a stable pen all around then a great closer with a chaotic pen everywhere else. Keep the money as small as possible, because you never know how long these guys will be able to sustain success.
By the way Melonis, what team do you root for? Everything you post seems level headed and objective, so I haven't figured out what team you like. With most of us, even the most objective, you usually don't need to ask what team a guy supports, because their post says it all.
Posted by: nrmax88 | October 07, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I am an A's fan.
I hate that idea too. The A's did that at 3B with Chavez (not drafting a 3B in early rounds, not trading for a 3B prospect), and its biting them big-time. On a completely non-level headed note, if Daniel Murphy is expendable, we'll take him now ;-).
Posted by: melonis rex | October 08, 2008 at 08:57 AM