wellemeyer avoids arbitration

by erik on Jan 28, 2008 5:57 PM EST

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=344052

$1 M contract + performance bonuses. $25,000 each for 15 starts or 100 innings, and 20 starts or 15 innings. $50,000 for 25 starts or 150 innings.

I say thee myeh. hopefully he doesn't have to make any starts.

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If 4 years ago

someone would have said "in 2008 Mark Prior and Todd Wellemeyer will sign for the same amount of money" I would've called them nuts.

But lookee how times change.

On with the (good) youth movement!

by aet15 on Jan 28, 2008 6:10 PM EST reply actions

Woo hoo!

If I were him I would have asked for some sort of bonus for "buckets of sweat lost per game." He's like the new Esteban Yan.

Fame was like a drug, but what was even more like a drug were the drugs

by Alxfritz on Jan 28, 2008 6:12 PM EST reply actions

On the Money

He is the white Esteban Yan. He sweats worse than John Goodman in a Jalapeno eating contest.

Why the performance bonuses only applying to STARTS? Hmmmmmm, no relief oriented bonuses?
...hmmmmmm again. Won't the manager control whether he gets his bonuses?

How about handin' me another helpin' of those mashed taters...thank you very much!

by Elvis on Jan 28, 2008 6:26 PM EST up reply actions

Technically

the manager pretty much controls whether or not any player can reach their bonuses (bonie?)

Being a #5/long reliever swingman, I think Wellemeyer might be able to hit his 100 innings pitched bonus.

Fame was like a drug, but what was even more like a drug were the drugs

by Alxfritz on Jan 28, 2008 6:52 PM EST up reply actions

With some sort of uncomfortable grimace

related incentive clause? Maybe $500 for every minute he spends staring at the catcher like there's a knife in his back?

by Valatan on Jan 28, 2008 6:35 PM EST up reply actions

well I guess that's it, then

the bullpen will be:

Welley
Wonderbrad
Franklin
Flores (r1 or r2)
TJ
Springer
Izzy

No room for Motte or Perez, or even Kinney. Does anyone know if Thompson or TJ have options left?

by SleepyCA on Jan 28, 2008 6:34 PM EST reply actions

I would think that Johnson does

But I'm not 100% sure--his MLB debut was only in 2005, after all, and I"m pretty sure that was a September callup

by Valatan on Jan 28, 2008 6:37 PM EST up reply actions

You assume to much

you may have Reyes/Wellemeyer in the wrong places.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jan 28, 2008 7:47 PM EST up reply actions

too*

proofread.

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jan 28, 2008 10:04 PM EST up reply actions

Yep

That would be my guess too. I guess Wellemeyer could make the rotation if Reyes either sucks or gets traded.

by qwikimport on Jan 28, 2008 9:32 PM EST up reply actions

on the whole

I am very much fond of incentive clauses. I wish all contracts were written that way.

by the Tewk on Jan 28, 2008 10:37 PM EST reply actions

Speaking of arbitration

Looks like Mark Loretta and the Astros are going to go to arbitration since both sides are over $2 M away.

Of course, the Astros never wanted Loretta to accept arbitration and will release him since the arbitration contract is non-guaranteed.

Is it sad I'd rather take the 36 year old Loretta to play 2B than Adam Kennedy?

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Jan 28, 2008 11:58 PM EST reply actions

Sad yes, Crazy no

Loretta '07: .287 / .352 / .372

Kennedy '07: .219 / .282 / .290

Plus, Loretta's Baseball Reference page is sponsored by a Beastie Boys Tribute Band, while Kennedy's is unsponsored. I think that tells the story more than the numbers ever could.

by bgodar on Jan 31, 2008 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

Alright, I'm in

bring me the head of Mark Loretta!

Wait...

Still looking for 1985 Regular Season games on DVD/VHS

by Hardcore Legend on Feb 1, 2008 12:32 AM EST up reply actions

I realize

It's fun to make fun of Wellemeyer but he was pretty good for the Cardinals last year.

If you told me a guy would give me 63.2 innings with a 3.11 ERA, 1.272 WHIP, and 7.2/9 IP I would have asked where I sign up.

Do I think it will continue? I don't know. But he is a hard thrower--something we don't have a lot of--and he can strike a guy out--another thing we aren't loaded with.

He was good in 11 starts--I realize it's 11 starts but I'm OK with him coming back. If he and Pineiro can perform in 2008 anywhere close to where they did for STL in 2007 then the staff won't be half bad.

SUBURBS: Where Americans cut down trees and then name streets after them.

by beanocook on Jan 29, 2008 9:48 AM EST reply actions

yea but....

Whats the good in having a guy that cant get past the 5th inning? He throws so wildly that he has already reached upwards of 90 pitches after 5 innings.

We don't need that in our rotation because we will end up with another overworked bullpen by the stretch run and I am one of the people who thinks this team has real potential.

I'm ok with him in the bullpen, that way he doesnt get his incentives because he really isnt worth 1M.

Gotta love this youth movement! Aaron Miles and Josh Phelps are the future of this team!

by Ibeatanorexia06 on Jan 29, 2008 1:08 PM EST up reply actions

agreed

I don't know that he's great for the rotation but I kind of like him as a swing man--I like him more than Brad Thompson anyway. I guess that's my point.

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by beanocook on Jan 29, 2008 4:46 PM EST up reply actions

yeah, but...

it would be nice if we only had ONE guy that couldn't get past the fifth inning. we could probably get by with just one. that being said, i hope we don't need Welly in the rotation, but i would rather see him get starts than a lot of the guys on the FA market.

$1M doesn't buy what it used to...

Those Pilgrims ain't lookin' so proud now...

by giveml on Jan 29, 2008 8:23 PM EST up reply actions