Three Finalists For Turnbow

I don't even want him

Seems like a Pirate type pick up.

I don't understand the interest in Turnbow. He had exactly ONE good season.

he'll sign with a bottom feeder and do nothing. he'll never make any headlines and slowly he'll rot away like all da other low risk high reward signings out there.

I don't get the interest in Turnblow. The guy has ONE pitch, which is why he gets shelled. I feel sorry for anyone whom signs this guy.

As a brewer fan, I'd be glad if he went to Pitt though, Brauny and Fielder can just crush that turnblow fastball into the seats. =)

Even more puzzling than the interest in this guy in general is why the Marlins would be looking at him, even though they love salvaging guys. I'm still trying to figure out why they let Joe Nelson go.

marlins pick turnbow up
he turn it around in miami like joe, benitiez, and gregg
the marlins need some sort of veteran presence in the bullpen after nelson leaving. the veteran is kensing, and that not going to cut it

He is a Pirates signing waiting to happen. He'll be the Byung Hyung Kim of 2009 (Kim didn't make it out of spring training with the Pirates and we had to pay him like a 700k buyout).

It could be worth the risk though - who else are the Pirates going to sign?

Erik
http://countingbaseballs.mlblogs.com

i was at the game that turnbow's final meltdown came in as a brewer against the cubs, though i left the game before he entered (it was freezing cold that night) and i watched the rest of the game from the cubby bear across the street. he came in for mop-up duty in the 8th, walked the entire ballpark, then served up either a 3-run or a grand slam to soto, when the brewers were already down 10 runs or something. it was one of the most painful experiences i ever saw from a reliever, and i watched latroy hawkins and kyle farnsworth try to close games. just goes to show, if you can throw really hard, someone will look at you.