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phillyphan3
I’d take a flier on Storen above all the other pen arms.
patborders92
Storens the least likely, the mans done
start_wearing_purple
Don’t know about that, With the exception of his first attempt in Seattle he was pretty dominate for them for 2 months. I’m not suggesting giving him much but a low salary with incentives could pay off.
patborders92
I saw him pitch in Toronto, he was scary awful, should of been DFA’d a lot sooner than he was
Travis’ Wood
Totally agree with patborders. If you watched Storen at all last year you would know he’s toast. I’d take almost everyone on this list over Storen. He had a low ERA in Seattle but that was due to a flukily low HR% and unsustainable BB%. His K% even went down with Seattle. Wouldn’t give him more than a minor league deal with an invite to ST
start_wearing_purple
Storen’s HR rate returned closer to career norms. Sometimes it’s just a matter of getting the right coach to tell you something changed.
I did not watch him in Toronto, but I’ve seen dozens of pitchers come and go from Boston who did better or worse once leaving. Javier Lopez comes to mind, he was all over the map in Boston but after he went to SF he put in at least 5 solid years. On the other side of things when Boston traded for Andrew Miller everyone said he was a washed up mess and yet he was one of the most feared pitchers in the postseason.
All I’m saying is I’m having trouble believing 4 months is enough to call the call washed up.
Travis’ Wood
Hes lost 3 mph off his fastball which was only 95 to start. He’s completely done.
l3ade12
Nathan Eovaldi looks like a recreation project for the Pirates.
tim815
Also makes sense for the Cubs.
The question is, will a team pony up with a MLB deal for 2017.
If he gets a MLB deal for 2017, he becomes free agency again eligible as soon as his next contract expires..
Best for Eovaldi would appear to be a two-year MLB deal, possibly with a team opt-out for 2018, if the rehab goes sideways.
If he doesn’t get that, a minor-league deal would make sense, as well. The team could add him after the season at Arbitration rates. Or, they could non-tender him.
l3ade12
If I was a gambling man, I’d bet some major league team would give him a major league contract.
crazysull
I would add Hammel to that list and take Evoldi off the list because he can’t bounce back this season, I think he should do what Holland did last season, take the year off and rehab on his own and come back and sign with a team knowing he can help them right away
Jeff Todd
I don’t see him as a bounceback pitcher. He had a solid, full season last year. If anything, he’s perhaps more of a guy viewed as likely to regress given the injury whispers and lack of apparent interest from the Cubs and other orgs.
whereslou
Hopefully Furbush can get healthy and signs back with Seattle. He has been such a steady player in the BP for us it is hard to think of not having him around.
sss847
no love for jarrod parker?
pd14athletics
I hope the guy finds success somewhere. But he is a crazy long shot to ever pitch in the bigs again… any of these guys listed above is a much better bet to contribute to a major league team
Jeff Todd
He has just been so busted up for so long. Hasn’t pitched in majors since 2013 and only 4 total appearances since then.
davidcoonce74
He’s a double-Tommy John guy, and certainly what we are seeing is that double -TJ guys don’t make it back as starters. Thinking just off the top of my head, Mike Minor, Brandon Beachy, Kris Medlen, Cory Luebke. Sometimes they end up as good relievers, like Hudson or Soria or Isringhausen, but they don’t tend to come back as starters.
66TheNumberOfTheBest
I think Storen would be an interesting add for the Pirates. Watson was up and down as a closer and is likely to be traded since he’s a free agent at the end of this season.
They signed Hudson, but I don’t believe he has done much closing.
Storen would have a chance at winning the job if he pitches well and could replace Feliz as a 7th inning guy if he can’t beat out Watson or Hudson.
Travis’ Wood
Hudson is much better than Storen. Closer experience means nothing.
BlueSkyLA
I’m going to take the contrarian view on Holland. I see him getting the classic value rebuilding type of contract: one year for not a lot of money with performance bonuses. A minor league pact and a non-roster invite would not surprise me.
Travis’ Wood
Lol you high? No chance Holland has to settle for a minor league deal. One year incentive laden deal is worst case scenario
BlueSkyLA
Yeah, I’m high. Thanks for asking.
But next time try reading what I wrote.
Travis’ Wood
Damn you really are hopped up on something. “A minor league pact and a non-roster invite would not surprise me”. And I said “no chance Holland has to settle for a minor league deal.” So clearly I read what you wrote and responded to what you wrote. No chance in hell he settles for a minor league deal. Moron.
BlueSkyLA
I’m sure you’re the life of the party too.
Travis’ Wood
Why are you dancing around the fact that you’re making zero sense? I literally responded to exactly what you said and then you told me to try reading what your wrote lol guess you’re the one not reading what I’m writing.
peterdrgn
yup..someone will pick up holland, he could have a big upside…he was to good for someone not to gamble on him
Travis’ Wood
Exactly. Just plain stupid to think he won’t get a major league deal with the amount of interest surrounding him recently
GarryHarris
10 is hard; I’ll be lucky to get 50%:
Jordan Zimmerman
Alex Cobb
Matt Cain
Annibal Sanchez
Doug Fister
Wade Miley
AJ Griffin
Derek Hollad
Trevor Rosenthal
Sean Doolittle
tuner49
The article is about unsigned FA- your list includes controlled players already on contracts. You could make a good list of them too.
Macho King OG
Those players are Spring training invites or Minor League contracts with a shot to make the club. That’s as high as I would go on any of them.
Travis’ Wood
I would give Holland, Fister, Ross and maybe Anderson major league deals but I agree with the rest.
stryk3istrukuout
I always believed in Eovaldi. It’s a shame he throws that hard and hasn’t put it together yet. It’s not like he walks a ton of batters either like Daniel Cabrera or early Randy Johnson.
JrodFunk5
Thank you for the Daniel Cabrera reference! Made my day.
stryk3istrukuout
Not sure if that is a good or bad thing. I was huge on Daniel Cabrera. I can recall way too many fantasy baseball seasons of hanging onto him. Had a rookie card of his I came across I coveted as well.
sorayablue
Watching Brett Anderson pitch was nerve-racking; you knew he could get hurt on any pitch. I was on the edge of my seat just waiting for the inevitable injury. Just bunt on him in the first inning and he’ll hurt him self getting off the mound, his team will then require five or six bullpen arms to finish the rest of the game and that in turn will mess up the next three or four games for the team. Not even with a 10 foot pole!!!
sorayablue
*himself
jd396
Jesus, Brett Anderson is only 29? I guess he’s been so injured for so long that you think he’s 39.
tugriverred
Some day soon a club is going to start targeting and developing pitchers rather than throwers . Way too much attention to velocity is putting too many arms on the shelf . Not to mention the rate of Tommy John surgery in High School pitchers .
davidcoonce74
The problem is that low-velo guys don’t really pan out. You can’t teach velocity. Outside of Hendricks and Colon, I’m having a hard time coming up with current successful low-velocity starting pitchers. Well, a few left-handers but that’s a different beast altogether. If it were easy to develop a guy like Hendricks teams would be doing it, but guys like him are outliers.
MatthewBaltimore23
Two of those starters are former Marlins-Eovaldi and Alvarez. Eovaldi won’t be able to immediately contribute, but Miami could try to get Alvarez back.
gillyking
What about Joe Blanton? Not exactly chopped liver. Was LAD best all purpose Bully in 2016.
jdgoat
He’s not a bounce back candidate
babs206
For the Mariners,
I would take a chance on Doug Fister, and see how he does in Spring training.
marinersarmy
Please no!