Free Agent Pitchers, listed by WAR (as of 12/21/2009)
by sj10689 on Dec 22, 2009 3:40 AM EST
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Series on Free Agent Players, listed by WAR:
Free Agent Pitchers | Free Agent Batters
Total: 269 MLB Free Agents Remaining
(the 139 MLB Free Agent Pitchers are shown)
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| Starting | Start-IP | Relieving | Relief-IP | WAR | ||
| Joel Pineiro | SP | 44.4 | 214.0 | 4.8 | ||
| Jason Marquis | SP | 36.0 | 216.0 | 3.8 | ||
| Jose Contreras | SP | 24.5 | 124.1 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 2.5 |
| Jon Garland | SP | 23.1 | 204.0 | 2.4 | ||
| Jarrod Washburn | SP | 21.6 | 176.0 | 2.1 | ||
| Vicente Padilla | SP | 20.2 | 145.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Erik Bedard | SP | 19.0 | 83.0 | 1.9 | ||
| Doug Davis | SP | 17.1 | 203.1 | 1.7 | ||
| Livan Hernandez | SP | 16.9 | 183.2 | 1.7 | ||
| John Smoltz | SP | 14.4 | 78.0 | 1.5 | ||
| Darren Oliver | RP | 0.8 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 69.0 | 1.5 |
| Chan Ho Park | RP | -0.3 | 33.1 | 15.0 | 50.0 | 1.5 |
| Kiko Calero | RP | 13.5 | 60.0 | 1.4 | ||
| D.J. Carrasco | RP | 0.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 89.1 | 1.3 |
| Mike Hampton | SP | 8.5 | 112.0 | 0.9 | ||
| Octavio Dotel | RP | 8.0 | 62.1 | 0.8 | ||
| Sidney Ponson | SP | 5.5 | 50.1 | 1.2 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
| Jose Valverde | RP | 6.4 | 54.0 | 0.7 | ||
| Shane Loux | SP | 7.4 | 33.0 | -1.3 | 25.1 | 0.6 |
| Pedro Martinez | SP | 5.6 | 44.2 | 0.6 | ||
| Brendan Donnelly | RP | 5.5 | 25.1 | 0.6 | ||
| Eric Milton | SP | 4.4 | 23.2 | 0.5 | ||
| Edgar Gonzalez | RP | 2.8 | 27.1 | 2.6 | 38.0 | 0.5 |
| Jeff Weaver | RP | 2.5 | 31.2 | 2.8 | 47.1 | 0.5 |
| Mark Hendrickson | RP | -3.5 | 50.0 | 8.2 | 55.0 | 0.5 |
| Randy Johnson | SP | 4.2 | 91.2 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.4 |
| Rich Hill | SP | 4.1 | 57.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Paul Byrd | SP | 4.0 | 31.0 | -0.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Russ Ortiz | SP | 3.3 | 64.0 | 0.5 | 21.2 | 0.4 |
| Russ Springer | RP | 4.3 | 57.0 | 0.4 | ||
| Bob Howry | RP | 4.2 | 63.2 | 0.4 | ||
| Fernando Rodney | RP | 3.3 | 75.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Joe Beimel | RP | 3.1 | 55.1 | 0.3 | ||
| Danys Baez | RP | 2.9 | 71.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Jose Arredondo | RP | 2.8 | 45.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Bartolo Colon | SP | 2.2 | 62.1 | 0.2 | ||
| Kip Wells | RP | -0.8 | 37.2 | 2.9 | 35.0 | 0.2 |
| Jason Jennings | RP | 2.4 | 61.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Matt Herges | RP | 2.3 | 34.2 | 0.2 | ||
| Kevin Cameron | RP | 2.1 | 18.1 | 0.2 | ||
| Clay Condrey | RP | 1.6 | 42.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Tim Redding | SP | 2.9 | 96.0 | -2.1 | 24.0 | 0.1 |
| Virgil Vasquez | SP | 1.5 | 34.0 | -0.5 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| Shawn Hill | SP | 1.1 | 12.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Kelvim Escobar | SP | 0.9 | 5.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Dustin Moseley | SP | 0.8 | 14.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Chien-Ming Wang | SP | 0.0 | 34.0 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 0.1 |
| Julian Tavarez | RP | 1.4 | 35.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Chad Bradford | RP | 1.3 | 10.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Denny Bautista | RP | 1.2 | 13.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Jesus Colome | RP | 1.2 | 21.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Glendon Rusch | RP | 1.0 | 18.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Jamey Wright | RP | 0.9 | 79.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Fernando Cabrera | RP | 0.8 | 5.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Jason Waddell | RP | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | ||
| Ken Takahashi | RP | 0.6 | 27.1 | 0.1 | ||
| John Bale | RP | 0.5 | 28.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Miguel Batista | RP | 0.5 | 71.1 | 0.1 | ||
| Lenny DiNardo | SP | 0.3 | 21.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Horacio Ramirez | RP | -0.3 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 18.1 | 0.0 |
| Jason Schmidt | SP | -0.5 | 17.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Jason Isringhausen | RP | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bobby Korecky | RP | 0.3 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Billy Sadler | RP | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Chris Bootcheck | RP | 0.2 | 14.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Juan Rincon | RP | 0.1 | 36.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Luis Ayala | RP | 0.1 | 40.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Justin Speier | RP | -0.1 | 40.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Rich Rundles | RP | -0.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Casey Fossum | RP | -0.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | ||
| David Davidson | RP | -0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Scott Eyre | RP | -0.3 | 30.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Murphy | RP | -0.5 | 11.1 | 0.0 | ||
| R.A. Dickey | RP | -0.4 | 5.0 | -0.6 | 59.1 | -0.1 |
| Adam Eaton | SP | -0.5 | 41.0 | -0.8 | 8.0 | -0.1 |
| Josh Fogg | RP | -4.0 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 42.2 | -0.1 |
| Tom Gordon | RP | -0.6 | 1.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Zack Segovia | RP | -0.7 | 10.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Guillermo Mota | RP | -0.8 | 65.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Osiris Matos | RP | -0.8 | 6.0 | -0.1 | ||
| Doug Waechter | RP | -1.1 | 5.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Randy Messenger | RP | -1.1 | 10.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Brian Shouse | RP | -1.3 | 28.0 | -0.1 | ||
| Masa Kobayashi | RP | -1.3 | 9.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Alan Embree | RP | -1.4 | 24.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Santiago Casilla | RP | -1.4 | 48.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Carlos Martinez | RP | -1.5 | 2.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | RP | -1.5 | 14.0 | -0.1 | ||
| Jimmy Gobble | RP | -1.6 | 12.0 | -0.1 | ||
| Chris Waters | SP | -0.4 | 5.0 | -1.2 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Luis Vizcaino | RP | -1.7 | 15.1 | -0.2 | ||
| Tyler Yates | RP | -1.9 | 12.0 | -0.2 | ||
| Jack Taschner | RP | -2.0 | 29.1 | -0.2 | ||
| Vladimir Nunez | RP | -2.0 | 1.0 | -0.2 | ||
| Dan Giese | RP | 0.8 | 5.2 | -3.9 | 16.1 | -0.3 |
| Todd Wellemeyer | SP | 0.1 | 114.0 | -2.7 | 8.1 | -0.3 |
| Kris Benson | SP | -1.5 | 11.0 | -2.0 | 11.1 | -0.3 |
| Brandon Backe | RP | -2.2 | 4.0 | -1.6 | 9.0 | -0.3 |
| Daniel Cabrera | SP | -3.0 | 44.1 | -0.1 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Mike MacDougal | RP | -2.5 | 54.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Justin Miller | RP | -2.6 | 56.2 | -0.3 | ||
| Brian Bass | RP | -2.7 | 86.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Jorge Julio | RP | -2.7 | 17.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Kevin Gregg | RP | -2.9 | 68.2 | -0.3 | ||
| Troy Percival | RP | -3.1 | 11.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Jamie Walker | RP | -3.5 | 12.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Alfredo Simon | SP | -5.1 | 6.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Matt Capps | RP | -3.8 | 54.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Neal Cotts | RP | -3.8 | 11.0 | -0.4 | ||
| Jorge Sosa | RP | -4.0 | 22.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Jose Veras | RP | -4.0 | 50.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Eddie Guardado | RP | -4.1 | 38.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Mike Hinckley | RP | -4.1 | 9.2 | -0.4 | ||
| Bob McCrory | RP | -4.2 | 7.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Brian Wolfe | RP | -4.3 | 15.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Joe Nelson | RP | -4.3 | 40.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Brett Myers | SP | -4.7 | 63.2 | -0.4 | 7.0 | -0.5 |
| Doug Brocail | RP | -4.7 | 17.2 | -0.5 | ||
| Buddy Carlyle | RP | -5.0 | 21.1 | -0.5 | ||
| Ron Villone | RP | -5.0 | 48.2 | -0.5 | ||
| Saul Rivera | RP | -5.2 | 38.1 | -0.5 | ||
| Will Ohman | RP | -5.4 | 12.1 | -0.5 | ||
| B.J. Ryan | RP | -6.2 | 20.2 | -0.6 | ||
| Scott Schoeneweis | RP | -7.0 | 24.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Phil Dumatrait | RP | -7.2 | 13.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Duaner Sanchez | RP | -7.5 | 11.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Tomo Ohka | RP | -8.3 | 32.2 | -1.2 | 38.1 | -0.8 |
| David Weathers | RP | -7.4 | 62.0 | -0.8 | ||
| Braden Looper | SP | -9.3 | 194.2 | -0.9 | ||
| Seth McClung | RP | -4.4 | 7.1 | -5.9 | 54.2 | -1.0 |
| Cha Seung Baek | RP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| John Bannister | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Joaquin Benoit | RP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Aroldis Chapman | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Justin Duchscherer | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Shawn Estes | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tom Glavine | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Noah Lowry | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Ben Sheets | SP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Recently signed: Mike Gonzalez, RP (0.9), Rodrigo Lopez, SP (0.4), Mark DiFelice, RP (0.4), Lance Broadway, RP (0.3), Joel Peralta, RP (0.0), Winston Abreu, RP (-0.1), Elmer Dessens, RP (-0.3), Geoff Geary, RP (-0.4), Jeff Bennett, RP (-0.5), Logan Kensing, RP (-0.7)
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Sign R.A. Dickey. He may suck, but he throws da knuckleballz. And a fairly decent beard.
Travis Hafner is made of gold
And
Casey Fossum soley if he can reclaim the “Fossum Flip”. A combination of those two taking turns the entire game while the other runs out to second base would throw off the timing of any Utley in the world, as well as improved UZR in the infield.
Travis Hafner is made of gold
That was the only reason I was excited to see Fossum get promoted last year.
And, of course, that didn’t work out…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 15, 2009 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
He was in my AAOP.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 16, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
I was more pandering to what I was thinking would be the communal view, I secretly think he’s a serviceable, cheap pitcher. I’ll probably have to concede that AwesomeFossum isn’t an actual solution though (though in video games that Flip is impossible to hit).
Travis Hafner is made of gold
by Super Mario on Dec 16, 2009 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
Also
Look at all the former Mets at the bottom of that list! Not to mention potential future ones.
Travis Hafner is made of gold
Yeah, there are MANY!
I believe they constitute 6 of the bottom 20.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
Hah
compare Bedard’s IP total to the guys around him
"For $11.4 million you can actually get a good player. But of course this is one of the things foolish organizations do: They complain that they can't afford good players after spending millions of dollars on not-good players." --Rob Neyer
And yet he still manages be up there
The WAR statistic could be misleading in that he appears to be a good pickup. But the asking price will probably be too high. Then again, there is potential upside, but he’s almost like another Ben Sheets in that he is just as injured as he is good.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
Plus...
… even when he’s on and not hurt, he’s all over the place. Dude averages 17-plus pitches an inning— that’s Clay Kershaw/Daniel Cabrera territory.
His average length-of-start— colored, of course by injury— has hovered at 5 1/3 the last two years… he works WAY harder for fewer outs than most regular starters.
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Dec 15, 2009 5:18 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
For Clayton Kershaw and Daniel Cabrera to have something in common is bad, for Kershaw’s sake (or good, for Cabrera’s sake). It’s not too often that players of those respective tiers are compared as having similar attributes! Players like Scott Kazmir really tested my patience in fantasy baseball, as on a few occasions, he didn’t even finish the 5th inning! (So he couldn’t get the win even if he had the lead!) And it’s not even because he’s getting blown out or anything like that! For illustration, they are what I call “innings anorexic”.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
it's weird
that before I make this post, your “innings anorexic” is right above Kevin H’s “Bring back Livan” – I think that’s the closest Livan has ever been to anorexic in his life.
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
Maybe he was in his youth (all those years ago). He then got over it, but overcompensated a little too much.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 17, 2009 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
Bring back Livan!
You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.
We never should have dismissed him last season, damn it!
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 15, 2009 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
With the impending arrival of Bengie Molina, it was only a temporary lull.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 16, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
Speaking of that buffet table
I believe I read somewhere that Livan Hernandez wore the largest Mets uniform ever, for a player – I believe he is 52" in circumference at the chest!
I wonder what his KFC rating is.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
Yes! Wasn't he our SP with the most wins at mid-season?
They are hard to play but not hard to beat.
- Mike Lombardi on the Buffalo Bills
Eh, I wouldn't say they suck, per se, but none of them really have much of a chance of, individually, turning things around for us.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 15, 2009 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
Well, if Sidney Ponson is in the TOP 20...
Then, yeah, that could be said, though this list does a great injustice to RPs, who simply pitch less innings and have a lower WAR as a result.
Ponson pitched about 50 innings, still (as a SP, though – the weightings may be different for starting/relieving), so who knows? But it is a travesty that Ponson is higher up on that list than, say, Bob Howry. Good thing I included starting/relieving stats – that makes this list all the more useful.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
Is John Bannister Brian's bro?
and if so, is he as smart. And then can we sign him for the FO
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
Inconclusive
But it is very likely, considering both were born in Arizona, within a relatively close proximity. (120 miles) What bothers me is that Wikipedia does not mention anything about John Bannister being related or not related to Floyd Bannister or Brian Bannister. Even moreso still, is the fact that in the Brian Bannister page, Brian’s family is mentioned extensively, but John Bannister is never mentioned.
BTW, both are now on the same team. So, if you were to ask Royals fans about this, I’m sure someone will have an answer to this. Or, if you have access to Royals’ spring training games, maybe the TV announcers will mention something about this before the rosters are cut down to size.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
Oh, I forgot
John Bannister is a free agent, of course, so he probably won’t be a Royal next year. Never mind the Royals’ spring training games, anyway – about 90% of the players there are minor leaguers anyway, if you catch my drift.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
CONFIRMATION: John Bannister
From this article:
08/11/09 5:15 PM ET
Royals claim J. Bannister off waivers
Right-hander assigned to Double-A Northwest Arkansas
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS — One right-handed pitcher named Bannister wasn’t enough for the Royals so on Tuesday they claimed John Bannister on outright waivers from the Texas Rangers.
Bannister, who has spent his entire six seasons in the Rangers’ organization in the Minor Leagues, was assigned to the Royals’ Double-A affiliate at Northwest Arkansas.
No relation to Royals starter Brian Bannister, he has a 25-33 record and 4.74 ERA in the Minors. This season, as a reliever for Double-A Frisco and Triple-A Oklahoma City, he was a combined 3-3 with a 5.96 ERA in 38 games. He was designated for assignment by the Rangers last Wednesday.
John Bannister went on the Royals’ 40-man roster which now numbers 38 players.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
CONCLUSION: John Bannister is not related to Brian Bannister (or maybe they’re related going back several or more generations), despite the close proximity of their places of birth, which could easily be traveled to and fro, via I-10.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
But do either of them turn green when they get angry?
Asking a General Manager to slim down his budget is like asking an alcoholic to blow up a distillery.
by scott from peekskill on Dec 16, 2009 1:18 AM EST up reply actions
dammit
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
by firejerrynow on Dec 16, 2009 6:36 AM EST up reply actions
"John Bannister is not related to Brian Bannister..."
So they say. Daddy was a ballplayer, after all, though…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Dec 16, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
I feel your pain
He is one of the Mets’ great revitalization projects, for sure! I surely would love to have him back in a Mets jersey.
(This is the second consecutive post of a player whose father also played in the majors.)
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
Update to come tomorrow!
It will reflect the blockbuster Halladay/Lee trade
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
IT HAS BEEN UPDATED!
Finally.
"The picture looked like I was in the dugout, but they got it all wrong. I absolutely was never in the dugout."
- Mr. B.V. Incognito
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