Was 2006 just a randomly great career season for the guy?

He was very good in 06, and he was solid in 07 before a terrible year last year (although he only pitched 29 innings). The one problem he had before was a high home run rate. Duncan should be able to correct that. He is still young, he is a lefty and he wouldn’t cost anything. He seems like a least a viable option to contend with Piniero for the 5th starter job if we don’t trade an outfielder for a better one.

Heck of a baseball name….but not sure about the talent to go with it.

i didn’t realize tj was arb-eligible. how did brad thompson not manage at least super-2 status?

I’ll have one of the Takashi Saito, um, one Chuck James, a Charlie Haeger, hmm, the Scott Proctor doesn’t sound bad, but I just don’t know if I’m that hungry… Maybe a Wil Ledezma, the arm strength still sounds good, let’s see, last time I tried a Daniel Cabrera I was in the bathroom all night, so I’ll pass there… hey, is the Yhency Brazoban any good? No? Oh, guess I’ll pass on that too. Uh, maybe, no, that’s got mushrooms on it… wow, a Chris Burke? Man, I haven’t had one of those in ages! Seems like they just stopped carrying those, you know? Do I want one? Oh, I don’t know, I’ll think about it. Hey! What are you doing with that Capuano? You’re just going to toss it out? Man, that doesn’t seem right, does it? Yeah, sure, I’ll take it if you were just going to get rid of it. Well, no, I don’t really think I want it, but I’ll take it home and see if one of my kids wants it or something. Um, no, that should probably do it. How much? $11.67? Good lord, that seems like an awful lot for what little I got! Are you sure you rang that up right?

…our Grit? I liked Aaron Miles, a lot! But I would love to see us get Wiggy at second and Nelson in the pen – those are two VERY fortunate non-tenders who cud really help the club. I see a lot of O’s games, benig so close to Baltimoo, so the Cabrerra idea is intriguing, but I really wouldn’t do moore than do the ol’ AAA signing/spring training invite. the man needs work on his game. I actually think Redding is a safer choice. And isn’t Majewski a LOOGY

please

Clay Hensley (29)- A guy who’s never put up compelling numbers. Mediocre fastball. Decent changeup. Terrible K/BB ratio. Looks like his 5.3 ERA in 2008 might have been lucky.
Joe Nelson (34)- Big K/9 supported by a big swing%. Walked less in 2008 than his career average as well, culminating in a pretty decent season out of the pen. I guess the main question is, why would we need another aging bullpen arm when that spot is covered by Franklin and we could have had Springer. That said, his skills seem to be much closer to Springer than Franklin, and although his 2.00 ERA is anomalous, 3.5 wouldn’t be terrible.
Daniel Cabrera (27)- Cabrera is hard to resist because there’s just so much potential there. Sort of like Oliver Perez or Dontrelle Willis in 2006. And those two are basically the two possible outcomes. Unfortunately, his skillset has just stagnated badly the last few seasons, eventually culminating in a horrific 2008 with a K rate at less than half his career high, and a K/BB right around 1.0. He doesn’t appear to be fixable in any simple way.
Wil Ledezma (27)- Sort of all over the place. He’s actually been increasing his K rate and velocity the last few seasons (mostly from the switch to the bullpen). However, his walk rate has kept pace and his K/BB is still terrible, at around 1.3. His HR rate is low. His babip seems normal. Posted fantastic numbers in a short stint in triple-A in 2008, and the skills seem to be there. Interesting player overall, but he definitely still needs to get a lot of things together.
Ty Wiggington (31) – Ex-Astro hitter/utility man. Is it possible he could play 2B? Yeah, sure. Will he be good at it? No. Played mostly below-average 3B and above-average LF in 2008. Hitting abilities are absolutely real. Excellent power (he could hit more than 30 HRs if he ever got enough ABs). Decent patience. All-hit, very little field player, not really the cardinals style.
Chris Burke (28) – Another Ex-Astro, this one basically the opposite of Wiggington. Projects as an above average 2B, decent to good outfielder, and maybe even an okay SS. Cannot hit. Never has hit. No power to speak of. Some patience. Honestly, the Diamondbacks need him, considering their defense.
Takashi Saito (39) – My favorite. Even at his age still gets it up into the low (sometimes mid) nineties, and despite his nicks and bruises is generally lights out. Great K/9. K/BB very good. Bad reputation for health, but is essentially a better version of Russ Springer.

ledezma, capuano, cabrera and possible belisle, burke and chuck james