Eleven Teams Interested In Daniel Cabrera

You could say his situation might spin out of control.

ha

get it

Bet he comes out with a pretty fat deal.

Agree w/juiced. The Rays upped the price for potential.

as frustrating and disappointing as daniel cabrera was as an oriole, i hope he succeeds for whoever he plays for.

i kind of wish the orioles kept d-cab even with his control or lack there of. despite all the walks and hit batters, d-cab was an innings eater which is exactly what the birds need right now to hold them over till matusz, tillman, arrieta, and the others are big-league ready.

Pirates maybe?
He seems like a NH type of pitcher.

"Blue Jays..."

i don't think so...he didnt pitch to well in the AL east.

im thinking Mets.

quick question"

is billy wagner retiring?

If he ever could control his stuff he would make a nasty closer.

I hope the Jays get him, but I don't think they'll want to spend what he's gonna get.

I couldn't see why any team outside the Yanks, Red Sox, and Angels wouldn't get in on this. If you have a hole in your five spot, why not stick him in there? Definitely going to get more cash than he deserves because of so many interested teams.

Kenny Williams of the White Sox has inquired about him in years past, even as recent as last off season if I recall. I don't imagine them to offer much, but a big 6'7" guy who can touch the upper 90's fairly easily is valuable in the bullpen as well. He'll land somewhere, a change of scenery was needed though. Sox HAVE been known to fix pitchers

Probably a fit for the NL or AL..I could see the eleven teams being:

NL: StL, Pit, Cin, Was, SF, Col, Atl
AL: CHW, Cle, Sea, Tor

"Kenny Williams of the White Sox has inquired about him in years past, even as recent as last off season if I recall. I don't imagine them to offer much, but a big 6'7" guy who can touch the upper 90's fairly easily is valuable in the bullpen as well. He'll land somewhere, a change of scenery was needed though. Sox HAVE been known to fix pitchers"

Not to mention the Sox only have 3 SP at the moment.

He'll sign for much less than the O's would've had to pay him through arbitration; he made $2.3 million last year. I disagree that any team should be happy with him in the 5th spot, guys like this will just kill you, 1.50+ WHIP & significantly reduced strikeouts last year. As a White Sox fan I say "Please Kenny, don't do it!"

Eleven teams want a homerun derby pitcher.

Step away from the discard Kenny Williams.

I would think that TOR, CHW, KC, TEX, WASH, PITT and COL would be in the mix. Maybe SEA, ATL and STL would inquire as well.

I wouldn't put it past the Orioles to try and re-acquire him for less ca$h. They definitely need SP, and won't be contending next year.

Looking at his numbers over the last couple of years, it seems that his GB/FB ratio is pretty good, but his K/IP went down dramatically last year. MAYBE if he can learn to pitch-to-contact, he could lower his walks and be a decent #4 starter with a good fielding team in a pitcher's park. (That's alot of speculation though)

I'm not sure if any of you guys watched him play against national league teams, but he is scared out of his mind when it comes to batting, so I think AL teams might be a preference to him.

I think Washington would be a good fit for him. He'd be a good for MANY teams: Mets, Dodgers, StL, White Sox, Astros, Texas, etc

I doubt the Dodgers are intersted in Cabrera...

Colletti prefers overpriced or washed up veterans to younger pitchers with upside.

As an O's fan, I think it was stupid for us to give up on Cabrera, given the relatively low cost of bringing him back combined with our very obvious lack of experienced pitching. Furthermore, there's no question about his upside. If someone can fix his mechanics, he has the stuff to absolutely dominate. Still, as concerned as I am that we'll wind up kicking ourselves for simply tossing him out with the garbage, I DO think it's a VERY long shot and kinda get where the O's were coming from. If there's EVER been a more frustrating pitcher, I'm not familiar with him. For all his talent, he's an absolute head-case who tantalizes and then rips your heart out and stomps on it. Seems to me the O's were as tired of waiting for Cabrera to 'figure it out' as the fans were. The velocity drop was just the last straw. Maybe he'll get back to throwing in the high-90s, but I think the dip just gave the O's an excuse to cut anchor and start fresh. After all, we've got DC 2.0 in Radhames Liz. We don't need two guys who can't hit the broad side of a barn when they're not 'on.' The irksome thing is the timing, but I guess the front office boys figured the team would be better off giving Cabrera's starts to one of the many intriguing-if-untested youngsters on the roster; the assumption being that maybe one of those guys actually realizes some of their potential. I'll be watching DC closely next year, but don't expect anything different: he'll lead the league in walks, wild pitches, and rank right up there in losses, ERA, and WHIP. If he were going to do something, he'd have done it by now...I hope.

"If you think your team would be best served signing a guy the ORIOLES were willing to non-tender...you might have some issues with your rotation."

Heh, gotta love self-depreciating fans.

"The Mets only have 1 left handed arm in the bullpen. If they go after anyone it should be another lefty, and not a righty"

The Mets shouldn't take a flier on a ridiculously talented huge upside starting pitcher in a low risk/ high reward situation because he throws with his right hand and the bullpen needs a lefty. Right. Perfect.

Omar is definitely going to be in on this. It worked with John Maine and Ollie. Why not try it again? This is like his favorite type of move to make.

Daniel Cabrera is a big waste of time. If anyone had seen him pitch why would they be interested? He has the worst control in the majors and cant field his position. His only thing is his plus arm that saw a decrease in velocity over the last year.

"Cabrera would seem like the high risk/high reward type...."

And the high risk part would be.....?

nrmax88 doesn't sound like you have ever seen the guy pitch so go look at his stats so you can get a sense of how bad he is and go to the O's fan forum and see how many people agree with me. I don't see anyone crying about his departure. Cabrera is a headcase and after five years of trying to get Cabrera to improve and trust his stuff has resulted in no gains in fact he has gotten worse with a loss in velocity and less strikeouts while allowing mores hits per inning. I hope your team gets Cabrera so you can see just how "great" he is with all his potential.

This would fit the Pirates so well. Control-deficient pitchers who used to be able to throw somewhat hard. Yippee.

The other thing is Kerrigan has done a decent job with his pitching staffs in the past. I'd like to see what he could do with this kid.

he wont get traded to the yanks or jays bc thier in the division

"he wont get traded to the yanks or jays bc thier in the division"

Good call, I'm willing to bet no team TRADES for him.

Braves anyone ?