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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