Hector Carrasco Rumors
By Tim Dierkes [July 8, 2007 at 11:53pm CST]
According to Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune, the Mets have interest in White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye. The Mets had also been monitoring Mark Buehrle, but he's officially off the market now. Gonzales seems to indicate that the Buehrle extension will lessen the Mets' interest in Dye. Dye's been awful this season, perhaps limited by his strained quad. Gonzales's source also mentioned that Omar Minaya is hunting for bullpen help. A few days ago David Lennon noted that the Mets have an eye on Hector Carrasco. The 37 year-old should be traded somewhere by Friday. As far as..
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By Tim Dierkes [December 2, 2005 at 5:17pm CST]
The Angels snagged Hector Carrasco, a 37 year-old reliever, for $6.1MM over two years. Considering that Carrasco was waiver bait a couple of years ago, he did an excellent job capitalizing on his freakish 2.04 ERA in 2005. Carrasco had the lowest batting average with balls in play among any pitcher with at least 80 innings in 2005 - .236. Given that the typical BABIP is more like .300, Carrasco's luck is likely to run out. Expect an ERA closer to 4 in '06. The Carrasco acquisition adds fuel to the fire that the Halos could deal a top reliever..
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