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Cardinals Sign Royce Ring

By Tim Dierkes [January 5, 2009 at 1:45pm CST]

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals signed lefty reliever Royce Ring to a one-year deal. He joins fellow southpaw imports Charlie Manning and Trever Miller. Ring hasn't really shut down lefthanded hitters in recent years.

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Sounds like a Dave Duncan project and Spring Training Invitee filler. Seriously, this is nothing more than the D'angelo Jimiez, Juan Gonzalez, and Cliff Politte signings of last year...nothing serious.

Posted by: mtzxc | January 05, 2009 at 02:17 PM

WOW! 8+ ERA! This should make our bullpen complete! lol

Posted by: stlcards16 | January 05, 2009 at 02:27 PM

Does anyone know if this is a major league deal, or just a spring invite/minor league deal?

Posted by: scribbletone | January 05, 2009 at 02:31 PM

Sadly, he is a former #1 draft pick for the White Sox. Moral of the story: never, NEVER draft a college reliever in the first round.

Posted by: 4appling | January 05, 2009 at 02:36 PM

I'll always remember Ring as the Moneyball guy the Sox took over Blanton. How'd that work out?

Posted by: O's in '13 | January 05, 2009 at 02:40 PM

Will Ohman, Mo! Have you heard of him?

This is silly.

Posted by: backflipscartwheelsanddivingstops | January 05, 2009 at 02:52 PM

Note to self:
1. have lots of sons.
2. make them all throw left-handed.
3. ignore the fans.
4. make bank.

Posted by: backflipscartwheelsanddivingstops | January 05, 2009 at 02:58 PM

Dont tell me his nickname is Rolls.

Posted by: Cyyoung | January 05, 2009 at 02:59 PM

i didnt even know he was a free agent lol

makes me wonder whats going on with ohman he was supposed to be the top left handed reliever

Posted by: drumzalicious | January 05, 2009 at 03:09 PM

As a Braves fan who watched him pitch the last couple of years, I'll say "good luck." He always LOOKS like a guy who could shut lefties down like a madman, but lefties and righties always seem to crush him.

Posted by: FineHamAbounds | January 05, 2009 at 03:11 PM

He is related to someone with the White Sox somehow. I think he is like Kenny Williams' nephew, or maybe he was Jerry Manuals nephew or something like that.

Posted by: JoeCoolMan24 | January 05, 2009 at 03:13 PM

one or two more no name free agents and we should be all set! Aggressive offseason as promised.

Posted by: inthecards | January 05, 2009 at 03:16 PM

Righties kill him. KILL.

He had some great moments against lefties, but couldn't maintain consistency.

Posted by: LOSTlover | January 05, 2009 at 03:19 PM

You people are crazy heres my prediction for 09 for Royce

9-0
1.99 era
84 k's

i guarantee it

NOT...lol...he will be crushed by righties and vice-versa for lefties

Posted by: Bravesfan10 | January 05, 2009 at 03:28 PM

Doubt they gave him a major league contract, so this is a pretty good move, he can be nasty on Lefties when he is on. Just don't let the boy face any Righties, his 3/4 delivery makes him very easy for them to pick up.

Posted by: bravo84 | January 05, 2009 at 03:31 PM

Joecoolman says he is related to the white sox in some manner. Maybe mo is just softening them up for a trade for Jenks.

Posted by: R.W. from tahoe | January 05, 2009 at 03:39 PM

This guy solves all of our problems, no reason to go after anymore bullpen help after this signing!

Posted by: CardinalFaninIL | January 05, 2009 at 03:41 PM

Why was this guy a first round pick?

Just curious, he seems like your garden variety LOOGY. Did he have great stuff in college, it just seems bizarre he was once a highly touted player.

Posted by: bigpat | January 05, 2009 at 03:44 PM

"Sadly, he is a former #1 draft pick for the White Sox. Moral of the story: never, NEVER draft a college reliever in the first round."

Devine worked out pretty well.

Well, for the A's at least.

Posted by: melonis rex | January 05, 2009 at 04:00 PM

Mo is working on something else.....right? has to be....right? we cannot be content with the team we have now while sitting on 10-12 mil

Posted by: stlcards16 | January 05, 2009 at 04:16 PM

I guess if we're just going to hold onto the money this wouldn't be a bad time to get Alberts extension done!

Posted by: stlcards16 | January 05, 2009 at 04:20 PM

The name Royce Ring reminds me of the sad fact that Kenny Williams thought Carl Everett was a better center fielder than Aaron Rowand.... ouch.

Posted by: Svengoolie | January 05, 2009 at 04:23 PM

Thanks for picking up the tab St. Louis

Posted by: Phillip_Cannon | January 05, 2009 at 04:31 PM

Holy sh-- a Royce Ring blog has 20+ comments...yayayayayayayyayayay!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Bravesfan10 | January 05, 2009 at 04:35 PM

"Holy sh-- a Royce Ring blog has 20+ comments...yayayayayayayyayayay!"!!!!!!!

It's all about the facial hair.

Posted by: melonis rex | January 05, 2009 at 06:28 PM

Bigpat - "Why was this guy a first round pick?"

Like I said, he is related to somebody in the White Sox personel, or at least at that time.

Posted by: JoeCoolMan24 | January 05, 2009 at 09:19 PM

Ok, I was a little off. Ring was the cousin of then White Sox pitcher Bill Simas. I thought he was related to a person of more importance, but at least my memory was close enough.

Posted by: JoeCoolMan24 | January 05, 2009 at 09:24 PM

I heard GM-Moz say last night "we plan to make some moves, although I think we have a contender rostered already". His first was obviously not earth shattering. But hey, we're used to that.

Posted by: RyanGodfrey | January 07, 2009 at 08:48 AM

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