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AHH-Rox
Struggled mightily is not a great description of his season with the Rockies. He was pretty decent the first half of the season, handled the 7th or 8th inning OK. Then the last 2 or 3 months he was horrible.
Rockies of course failed to trade him at the deadline when they should have been able to at least get salary relief.
Tim Dierkes
I respectfully disagree – in my opinion, Colome’s struggles being uneven doesn’t really dampen the overall badness of posting a 5.74 ERA. Plus, I did explain the unevenness and potential injury effect.
avenger65
I don’t understand what happened to him. In his two seasons with the Sox he rarely blew a save. Then he goes to Minnesota and he starts to decline. There seem to be a lot of players who are good with only one team. Hard to figure.
mlb1225
@avenger65 His time in Chicago seemed like it was absoutley fueled by batted ball luck. .213 BAbip in his two seasons there. In the three years prior, he had a .282 babip.
stymeedone
Why is BAbip attributed to luck? It would seem if a pitcher is throwing well and hitting his spots, BAbip would be low, and if he is missing his spots, it would be high. How is that luck? I would attribute it to skill.
mlb1225
Well, it’s not that he is/isn’t talented, but it was such an outlier more than anything. According to FanGraphs; “A high or low BABIP is not necessarily a sign of luck, but a BABIP that is substantially different from one’s career mark usually is”. Colome had a .211 BABIP with Chicago compared to .290 in the year’s prior. It’s also not necessairly talent based. Edwin Diaz was arguably the best RP last year, and had a .330 BABIP. Shohei Ohtani, Carlos Rodon, and Aaron Nola each had BABIP around .290.
AHH-Rox
I wrote the comment before the story was expanded. Now it properly conveys how he went from pretty good to terrible sometime in July.
TheGreatBaseballMind
To me it appears there was a tale of two seasons last year for Colome where as ahh shares his first half results were acceptable enough but his total, final results were not based on a brutal second half. We know what MLB GMs think of Colome today based on the minor league contract he signed with the Nationals.
mlb1225
First half he had a 2.86 ERA, but a 1.41 WHIP. He wasn’t getting lit up, but he was dancing through the raindrops.
cwsOverhaul
Big fan. Very good with locating pitches and not giving in to better hitters while a closer with WSox. Really smart guy who knew what he couldn’t get away with in certain moments. Those who worship metrics a bit too much foamed at the mouth b/c he managed to be effective without wipe out stuff. Alas-it seems there may not be enough cunning or guile to overcome his current repertoire. Good luck Alex Colome!
Tim Dierkes
I think it’s simpler: he’s demonstrated limited skill since 2019, and ERA is always prone to fluctuation in small samples.
Ancient Expos Fan
Seems like a worthwhile gamble on both sides. Nats might catch lightning in a bottle and be able to flip him. And Colome must have an opt out date if he doesn’t get selected to the 40 man.
kodiak920
4 or 5 years too late.
leftykoufax
Can’t hurt to see how he pitches in spring training since it is a minor league contract.
PutPeteinthehall
Tennis elbow. He’s been shot for the last few seasons. Has little left even if his arm is allowing him to throw the ball
GOAT Closer Esteban Yan
“Some of Colome’s best work came with the Rays.” That can be said by almost every pitcher that has spent any time with the Rays.
Nats ain't what they used to be
Great signing. If he has good first half they dump him for prospect. If not, nothing much lost.
Nats ain't what they used to be
Great signing. If he has good first half they trade for a mid-level prospect. If not, little lost.