Cud LaDunc Work His Magic With This Guy??

by The MooCow on Mar 17, 2010 4:16 PM EDT

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/03/white-sox-release-daniel-cabrera-jason-botts.html

Daniel Cabrera. I know, the name just gives you the shivers, doesn't it? This is a guy who cud bring heat, but was just all over the place. Lots of wild pitches, hit batters, annual FIP over 5, nary a WHIP udder 1.50, and bushels of walks, walks, walks.

But

Lots of K's. And close to 50% ground ball outs. No serious injuries I can think of. And he'd be cheap, cheap, cheap.

Here is the question: is Cabrera worth picking up to use as a reliever ONLY, provided Dave Duncan can wave his sparkly wand and produce an-udder reclamation miracle, or is he such damaged goods that we should just wave buh-bye and be done with him?

Curious cows wanna know what YOU think!

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by hazel on Mar 17, 2010 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

I bet there's an injury in that arm somewhere

2005 Fastball – 96mph
2009 Fastball – 91mph

Think; It's not illegal yet.

by azruavatar on Mar 17, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe they could make him a power hitting outfielder?

by swmofan on Mar 17, 2010 4:39 PM EDT reply actions

he's got size, and a good arm

don’t know if it’s ever been done, but might be worth a try.

"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."

by cardball on Mar 17, 2010 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

We have the skills... we have the technology

We just don’t want to spend a lot of money.

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by Aranathor on Mar 18, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

heh heh heh

"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."

by cardball on Mar 18, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I get the joke, but nah

If I remember correctly, he was 0-for-13 for his career before drawing a walk.

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by Solanus on Mar 18, 2010 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

but that was before big mac

"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."

by cardball on Mar 18, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions

if you want to cowvert someone into a reliever that has control issues

we already have Rich Hill

"If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs." -WH

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 17, 2010 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

or Boggs for that matter

"If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs." -WH

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 17, 2010 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Duncan has generally found mediocre pitchers and made them fantastic

Carpenter, Williams, Kile, etc. have followed that pattern.

When he’s taken on terrible pitchers like the baron, Tomko, and Wellemeyer, the results haven’t been so great.

They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...

by Valatan on Mar 17, 2010 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

what's weird about Welley is that in '08 he was so much better than in '09

"If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs." -WH

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 17, 2010 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions

don't try to justify your pick!

haha.

"Some days I feel like the hypotenuse in a love triangle; others as if my lucky number is pi."

by cardball on Mar 17, 2010 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I was jokin around haha

abusing my internet money lol

"If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs." -WH

by Cards Fan in Chitown on Mar 17, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions

We did OK with Wellemeyer

if we could get another 2008 (sub-4 ERA, nearly league average WAR over 150-odd innings) with a dumpster dive, I’d be very happy. He sucked in 2009, but he’d have hurt us less if they’d been prepared to cut bait on him sooner.

That said, I’m not terribly excited about Daniel Cabrera. Steve Blass disease, plus likely injury-induced nosedive in velocity, plus awful 2009 with bad team, plus never-was-really-very-good-in-the-first-place, equals a crappier version of Rich Hill, and we’ve already got Rich Hill. I suppose if they just stuck him in Memphis on a MiLB deal I could live with it, but then he doesn’t really get to work with Duncan anyway, does he?

RELEASE THE CENTIQUID!!!!

by Felonius_Monk on Mar 18, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, what Got me Interested in Him...

…udder than the fact that I saw him a lot on tv (since I get to see Orioles games a lot) and noticed cow many ground ball outs he got – I figured that was something Dunc already preached, and I figured maybe with better D and O he might have a chance if he worked out his troubles. But yer all right, I don’t see him as any kind of a plus anymoore – I’m just scoutin’ the dumper for a worthy dive.

:=8)

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by The MooCow on Mar 18, 2010 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions