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notsureifsrs
of the decade, maybe, in the cases of colon and garcia. has any WS favorite ever before featured minor league signings as their numbers 2 and 3 in the starting rotation?
rockfordone
Not WS favorites – Tigers should beat easily
notsureifsrs
i don’t think even the tigers are that optimistic, but yea WS favorites is a bit strong. they’re no underdogs, though, and it’s still gotta be unprecedented for a division winner
ultimate913
Even after their hot streak, the Yanks still are ahead 4.5 games on the Tigers.
Not to mention who their opponents have been recently.
Even after all of that, the Yanks still beat the Tigers by 146 in run differential. That’s 7(!!!) more than the Rangers overall run differential.
So yeah… with the Red Sox pitching problems, it’s still Yankees.
notsureifsrs
phillies IMO
ultimate913
Well, yeah. I agree.
I meant AL only. But MLB as a whole? Phillies.
Good pitching > good hitting
MattCMoore
I hope you know that the Tigers plan to pitch Verlander in every game in the playoffs. Verlabderx3> Halladay-Lee-Hamels lol
arock1234
I truly think that the tigers are just a team that has benefited from a weak division. They have a .500 record against teams not in their division, so I don’t know exactly what to expect from them in the playoffs. But hell, the way the playoffs work, its almost like a tournament. The World Series gets awarded to the team who plays very well over a short period of time. The phillies are by far the best team and should win the WS.
danman1202
Five Yankees are on here, if you include the honorable mentions. Crazy.
ZAK A.
The 2 Giants had to take the remaining spots to be filled…
rockfordone
Phil Humber – White Sox ????
martinfv2
That one was a waiver claim.
JacksTigers
Al Albequerque??
Billy
How can Kevin Millwood receive an honorable mention? Released by two teams and only pitched for a losing team in September…
martinfv2
I think his work in 38 innings merits a mention.
Michael Zayas
i only saw chavez? surely not counting millwood?
chreeschan
No mention of Al Alburquerque?
martinfv2
I checked into that one and he signed a Major League deal.
timmytwoshoezzz
At some point I would think Laynce Nix will stop getting minor league deals and a GM will want him for what he is; a nice LH bench bat with some pop and a good, cheap player to platoon in a corner outfield spot to maximixe return.
martinfv2
Agreed…worse players get MLB deals every year.
EarlyMorningBoxscore
What about Alfredo Aceves ? 9-2 2.88 ERA in 47 games and 4 spot starts.
notsureifsrs
he’s definitely been valuable, but he signed a major league deal
EarlyMorningBoxscore
I thought it was a minor league deal…he was set to start the AAA opener for the PawSox and then it was scratched and called up. He must’ve had options left my mistake.
notsureifsrs
nope. minor league deal, but he had a minor league option remaining. “The split contract is worth $650,000 or $200,000 if he pitches in the
minors. There are also incentive clauses based on how much he pitches.”
notsureifsrs
er, major league deal. minor league option
EarlyMorningBoxscore
Thanks for the breakdown of it. Either way like you said he has been valuable.
0bsessions
He wasn’t a minor league deal, to my recollection.
0bsessions
Yep, signed a major league deal worth $650K plus incentives.
chico65
I’ve seen half his starts in person this year and let me tell you it was not pretty. He walked eleventy billion consecutive batters in one of them and gave up 8 runs or so in the first one. Extremely valuable out of the bullpen for sure, but I’d rather see Weiland in the rotation than him.
ZAK A.
OK so with the East Coast blinders removed Voglesong is #1: his 3.3 WAR tops both Colon and Kotchman, not to mention he’s 4 years younger than Colon, will be in the rotation next year… but at least he made the list coming all the way from the other side of the world…
Mike
Colon’s faced the stiffer offensive competition in his division to be fair.
ZAK A.
Vogelsong’s 10-7 with a team scoring 3.4 runs/game historically bad. Colon’s got a far superior offense and a losing record 8-9. Vogelsong’s pitched more innings and been more valuable to his team as an individual ranking. Another way of looking at it: who would the Yanks rather have?
notsureifsrs
– vogelsong has started 6 games against winning teams to colon’s 13.
– 8 of those 13 starts were against top 5 offensive teams in baseball. vogelsong has started 0 games against such teams
– despite this major difference in competition, colon’s SIERA is 3.33 to vogelsong’s 3.87
– if you adjust vogelsong’s FIP (the source of his WAR) for league and for park and scale it to league average (100), he’s at 94. that’s good, but not as good as colon’s 90
notsureifsrs
it looks like it got cloudy in the middle of my comment
YanksFanSince78
What does age have to do with what either did THIS year?
Jason_F
The Guillermo Mota jokes were being thrown around with vigor about a year ago and I never saw the reason for them. The guy is perfect (at least at this point in his career) for the long man role. Every team needs a guy like this. In fact, at age 38, with a few more k’s, he could finish with the best k rate of his career. I’m not saying he’s a stud reliever by any means, but teams could do a whole lot worse in that role.
chico65
What about Andrew Miller? Oh, wait…
Sean Coyle
No Phil Humber? Really?
D.j. Wilson
Where is Guillermo Moscoso?
slamsand
Chris Stewart (For his defense)
Nelly34e
Erik Bedard? Being a Seattle fan I am pretty sure he signed a minor league deal. He should be in the top 5 for sure.
Nelly34e
and Adam Kennedy as well. In the first half of the season Adam Kennedy was the mariners most consistent player. He was a very nice signing
Nelly34e
adam kennedy pre all star break hit .259 with 6 home runs and 30 rbis and 6 stolen bases in 243 at bats, since then, he has been terrible, but his playing time has been cut in half and the mariners have fallen off the cliff…adam kennedy was a great signing
kräftig. entschieden
I’m shocked Oliver Perez didn’t make this list.
Steve Smith
How is Colon a better sign than Vogelsong? How is Vogelsong not #1.
Jason_F
I’ve enjoyed watching Vogelsong all season. That said, they basically have the same FIP and Colon did it in the AL East. The disparity in offensive firepower in those two divisions is so vast that I think it can be easily defended ranking Colon higher than Vogelsong on this list.
Nelly34e
well erik bedard should be on the top 10 list, he has been really good
horatio_alger
He should be on there simply because he pitched past August.
LMTShawn
I’ll be the one guy to commend the Tribe on the Jack Hannahan signing. Us fans here thought it was a stupid move and Lonnie Chisenhall should have started from day 1. But, Jack has really had a solid season overall. Of course, being a .224 career hitter, he did go into a massive slump mid-season, resulting in Chisenhall being called up. But he has uncharacteristically handled left-handed pitching and had it not been for the mid-season slump and his recent injury, has actually played Gold Glove-caliber third base, crazy as that may sound.