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Brewers Not In On Pedro Martinez
Yesterday, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wrote that "the Brewers may be emerging in the hunt" for free agent Pedro Martinez. However, talking to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy, Brewers GM Doug Melvin said he's never spoken to Pedro's agent.
Cafardo learned that the Dodgers haven't been involved on Pedro since the offseason. He then speculated in his article on the Mets, Rangers, Nationals, Blue Jays, Astros, Rockies, A's, Orioles, Indians, and Pirates. T.R. Sullivan informed us today that the Rangers "do not expect to get involved" with Pedro. The Nationals are known to have mild interest. And here's a Ken Rosenthal's take from Thursday (he downplayed the Angels, Indians, Dodgers, and Mets as suitors).
Bottom line: the Nationals are the only team admitting current interest, and acting GM Mike Rizzo is wary of the price.
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Doesn't look like the Pirates will need him, they've been good so far.
Posted by: Ian Smell | April 27, 2009 at 07:03 PM
Good. Not worth it, Melvin.
Posted by: gwhempel | April 27, 2009 at 08:20 PM
"Doesn't look like the Pirates will need him, they've been good so far."
Yeah, right.
Ian Snell has a 6.00 FIP and Karstens has a 5.79 FIP. None of the other three pitchers has a strikeout rate over Dukes' 4.85 K/9.
There's bound to be some serious regression in Pittsburgh's rotation.
Posted by: scribbletone | April 27, 2009 at 10:53 PM
What's FIP.
Posted by: GScott | April 27, 2009 at 10:56 PM
FIP is Fielding Independent Pitching. It's essentially a measurement of everything that a pitcher is specifically responsible for, essentially walks, strikeouts, and home runs. It's suppose to measure how well a pitcher pitched, regardless of how well his fielders played. It's on an ERA scale, so anything around six is quite poor.
Posted by: scribbletone | April 27, 2009 at 10:59 PM
What would be a good FIP then? Similar to ERA so between 3-4 is respectable?
Posted by: GScott | April 27, 2009 at 11:44 PM
What would be a good FIP then? Similar to ERA so between 3-4 is respectable?
Yeah, FIP is on the same scale as ERA, so a FIP of 3 is really quite good.
Posted by: larrybowa | April 28, 2009 at 12:00 AM
It's great that we're all using the good ol' FIP stat here, but as it stands the pirates are second in the NL central at 11-8 and have the second lowest team ERA IN ALL OF BASEBALL. Now I know it's early in the season, but this is certainly a good indication that they need not shell out five mil to get pedro.
Posted by: Leland11 | April 28, 2009 at 12:56 AM
I agree that they should not shell out 5 mill for Pedro, but at the same time it is fairly unreasonable to expect the Buccos starters to continue at this current pace.
Posted by: larrybowa | April 28, 2009 at 01:24 AM
After fewer than 20 games, isn't it just as statistically unreasonable to expect the Pirates' staff to keep doing well as it is the Phillies offense to keep sucking? It's too early to make positive or negative statements regarding any aspect of any team. Wait until June 1 to start making definite statements.
Posted by: GScott | April 28, 2009 at 03:15 AM
This just in: Nothing happened.
Posted by: PWHjort | April 28, 2009 at 08:29 AM
"It's great that we're all using the good ol' FIP stat here, but as it stands the pirates are second in the NL central at 11-8 and have the second lowest team ERA IN ALL OF BASEBALL. Now I know it's early in the season, but this is certainly a good indication that they need not shell out five mil to get pedro."
The Pirates shouldn't shell out for Pedro, but not because they have enough good pitchers. That rotation will regress, and that's a no-brainer. The first 19 games are a near worthless sample size, and this current performance is almost assuredly a fluke.
The Pirates shouldn't sign Pedro because the Pirates will be bad no matter what. They might as well put that money into scouting and development, rather than trying to go from a 72-win team to a 74-win team.
"Yeah, FIP is on the same scale as ERA, so a FIP of 3 is really quite good."
While FIP is on the same scale as ERA, I think you need to expect less with FIP. ERA's get all puffed up thanks to luck and such, while FIP's generally avoid major extremes except in cases of extremely poor pitching.
I'd say anything under 3 is unreal, anything under 3.50 is top of the rotation, anything under 4.00 is very good, and anything under 4.75 is good enough for a back of the rotation starter.
An FIP closing in on 6 is brutal.
Posted by: scribbletone | April 28, 2009 at 11:28 AM