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sarcasm_robot
how delicious would it be to see theo sign him and actually fix him?
dc21892
Theo wouldn’t be fixing him. It would be the coaching staff.
johnsilver
Epstein brought in a PILE of reclamation projects while he was in Boston and the only one who ever amounted to anything? Andrew Miller, who it took 1 year and countless effort to get to the point of being useful again.
Epstein’s failures?
Smoltz
Penny
Wade Miller
Just a few.. Go ahead Cubs, give him a few million, Epstein has thrown away 20m+ on failed rehab projects.
That money is better spent on the draft.
bigpat
Matt Clement wasn’t a reclamation project but he also sucked nonetheless.
Karkat
To be fair to Matt Clement, he did take a baseball to the head, before which time I recall him being solid.
johnsilver
Yeah. Clement started out like 9-0, or 10-0 in ’05 before he took that shot. he had really turned his career around it seemed in Boston.
Kind of a Herb Score scenario where Clement was never anything again after it.
Chaim Breslow's Purse
Actually, that strand of going 10 and 0 or whatever it is was an outlier compared to his career numbers. Clement was pretty bad before even coming to Boston. He had only had two years previously that were even considered semi-decent. So I give Theo no credit here in signing him.
Chaim Breslow's Purse
Don’t forget Matt Clement, Julio Lugo, JD Drew, Edgar Renteria… okay they’re not all pitchers, but still he’s failed in many regards (more than I can mention here).
GStill45
Spring training invite. If he’s lucky.
Jonny Dollar
How is Colby Lewis a reclamation project? His numbers look pretty good and have been consistently.
Sky14
I agree, Lewis is pretty solid. I think Liriano would be a better example of a reclamation project.
LazerTown
He missed half the season with an elbow injury. If he could come back healthy, but 3.43 era this year and 4.40 era is going to give alot of gm’s pause before handing out a big contract. He really needed a strong season to get that big contract.
jmcbosox
i always had a feeling that he was uncomfortable in the US, i know he has said he likes boston but i think its just rhetoric. i think he really wants to go back home and the contract offers he receives may be incentive to do so,
LazerTown
I think alot of it has to do with his workload in japan. From very early years, through high school, and into professional they have a huge workload. I just don’t think that it bodes well for a long career. Sure there are some exceptions (kuroda) but there have been alot of pitchers that have a couple decent season and then fall apart.
HobokenMetsFan
He has “Mets” written all over him
aemoreira81
1-year, incentive-laden contract, although I agree with others than a spring-training invite is more likely.
ugotrpk3113
He has an issue conforming with the MLB standards and US culture. His pitching style puts millions of people watching on NESN into deep levels of REM. That and his one good season was about as lucky as winning a million dollars on a 1$ scratch off.
He should, if he’s interested in jump starting his career, go back to Japan.
Joe Valenti
If I didn’t dread the thought of actually having to watch him pitch 6 innings in 3 hours on SNY I would actually like to see the Mets take a flyer on him. He might be a low risk high reward guy, but watching him pitch is just a dreadful bore
Karkat
As someone who has been at Fenway Park for several Matsuzaka starts… yes.
Leonard Washington
Honestly I think his best move is to go back to Japan an establish himself over there again. Then maybe get himself a multi year deal from a Japanese team.
bigpat
I don’t think he’s any good but there’s a chance he can still pitch ok on the right team in the right park. I can see the Mariners offering him 2M guaranteed since they have a lot of holes in their rotation and routinely employ Japanese talent.
Chaim Breslow's Purse
I bet someone will sign him and he’ll start pitching gems for them.