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El Duque Wants To Pitch In The Majors Again

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | March 5, 2010 at 1:53pm CDT

Orlando Hernandez is still working out and throwing because he wants to play in the majors again, according to Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN.com. El Duque, 44, says he's willing to start or relieve. His agent says several teams are interested, but not quite yet. They'd prefer to wait until after Spring Training to assess their needs.

Hernandez, who signed with the Rangers last year but never made the club, is throwing 82-83 mph, according to Reds scouting director Chris Buckley. Hernandez is focused on returning to the majors for the first time since 2007, but he can see himself working for his agency once he stops pitching.

Hernandez already played a role in recruiting Jose Julio Ruiz for his agency, Legacy Sports. Agent Mike Maulini, who also represents Hernandez, says he's likely to hold an open workout for the many clubs interested in Ruiz soon to "re-establish his market." We heard he was close to signing last month, before he switched agencies.

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  1. satchelprice

    12 years ago

    I’ll always love El Duque because of his contributions to the ’05 White Sox, but I’d be surprised if he’s still any good after pitching just 27 minor league innings in the past two years.

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  2. Guest

    12 years ago

    Not going to get a Major league Deal.

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    • empathizerightonyourbehind

      12 years ago

      the boldest prediction i’ve heard in a long time 😉

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      • Guest

        12 years ago

        empathizerightonyourbehind it’s you!!!!!! Say something funny please!!!!!!!!!!

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        • empathizerightonyourbehind

          12 years ago

          well, i can’t tell if you’re serious or not, but i will say this: citing his 7 seasons in the american league, i think “the duque” is a virtual lock for a sub-2.00 ERA if he signs with an NL club. look, that’s not my opinion, that’s just baseball science.

        • Guest

          12 years ago

          I was being serious. I think your humor really shines when the discussion is on the Tigers off-season.

        • empathizerightonyourbehind

          12 years ago

          ha. thanks, i appreciate it buddy. but i can’t take much credit, dombrowski puts those jokes on a tee. a 35-year-old, 8-million-dollar tee.

        • Guest

          12 years ago

          You bet.

          I bet Dombo didn’t even expect to go after Valverde or Damon. Getting younger is a necessity but as you said, with the way things went this off-season,

          They should trade Austin Jackson to free up 400k to sign Carl Crawford next off-season to a 6 year 90MM dollar deal!!!

  3. ReverendBlack

    12 years ago

    Still got a quality breaking ball or two? Might pass as a reliever.

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  4. empathizerightonyourbehind

    12 years ago

    so… wait… according to mlbtraderumors, el duque was 39 last june but 44 right now. ouch, time has ben rough on ol’ highsocks.

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    • Guest

      12 years ago

      He’s almost on dog years.

      Reply
  5. icedrake523

    12 years ago

    If he hadn’t injured his foot before the NLDS, the Mets easily would have won the pennant in 2006. He was also their best starter in 2007 and one of the big reasons why they fell apart at the end.

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    • empathizerightonyourbehind

      12 years ago

      no…no…no.

      adam wainwright curveball FTW!

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      • icedrake523

        12 years ago

        Wrong. If El Duque was pitching, that means you don’t have Trachsel’s start (people didn’t think he’d be well enough to pitch and wouldn’t have if El Duque was available). So the Mets would have won in 6 games.

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        • empathizerightonyourbehind

          12 years ago

          yeah, that seems like something you can safely predict. similarly, if mulder and izzy wouldn’t have gotten hurt, the cardinals would have won in 2 1/2. science.

        • icedrake523

          12 years ago

          Of course it comes with the assumption that everything else occurred just as it did.

          How about being rational about the discussion? You clearly aren’t if you think they could have won a best of 7 series in 2.5 games.

          Why am I even bothering asking?

        • empathizerightonyourbehind

          12 years ago

          if you have some spare time in the afternoon, do yourself a favor and google “jokes, getting them.”

          but seriously… sorry for the tough time.

          peace and baseball.

        • icedrake523

          12 years ago

          I can never tell who is serious and who is joking here.

        • Guest

          12 years ago

          I think the key is knowing that everyone on MLBTradeRumors.com is in a good mood most of the time.

    • satchelprice

      12 years ago

      I was surprised to see that he had a 3.97 tERA in 147 innings in his final year with the Mets. His fastball that year was 12 (!) runs above average. Pretty nuts.

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  6. vtadave

    12 years ago

    So El Duque is listed at 44. Guessing in that case he’s really pushing half a century.

    I’ll venture a guess he winds up in SF camp to compete with Todd Wellemeyer for the eight starts that will be available until Madison Bumgarner is brought up for good.

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  7. Yankees10

    12 years ago

    Really who would sign this guy. The sad part is some team will.

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    • empathizerightonyourbehind

      12 years ago

      probably some poor, scrubby team that doesn’t have two hundred million dollars to blow every year on salary.

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      • Yankees10

        12 years ago

        Im guessing you were trying to diss the Yankees.

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        • empathizerightonyourbehind

          12 years ago

          wow, great guess. nothing’s getting past you, Yankees10.

        • Yankees10

          12 years ago

          Honestly do you no me have we talked to each other before or is it just that you are jealous that your team doesnt win like the Yankees so you just make yourself feel better by dissing Yankee fans. Get a life.

  8. ryanisgoodlooking

    12 years ago

    Satchel Paige was 60-something when he played. nothings impossible. rangers released him for his poor velocity. but Moyer had a fine career overall.

    Reply
  9. Big Davey

    12 years ago

    Well, now that we’re on the subject of awesome old players from the 90s, who wants to hear about my SUPER TEAM? Everyone? Well, since you asked….

    C Pat Borders
    1B Travis Lee (I don’t know if he played in the 90s or not, but he was an amazing fielder in MVP 04. Get over it.)
    2B Roger Clemens/David Wells platoon
    3B Joe Randa
    SS Desi Relaford
    LF John VanderWal
    CF Carl “fuggin” Everett
    RF Rusty Greer

    SP Homer Bush
    SP Todd Van Poppel
    SP Gabe White
    SP Enrique Wilson
    SP Hideki Irabu

    Relief pitchers and bench players are for godless pussies. Deal with it.

    So there you have it. My SUPER TEAM.

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