Mets Sign Kiko Calero
by Sam Page on Mar 4, 2010 2:58 PM EST
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Per Kevin Burkhardt on the SNY broadcast, the Mets have signed Kiko Calero to a minor league contract. Last season, Calero was quietly one of the best relievers in baseball with a 2.29 tERA, putting him in the 1.5-2 WAR range. His stuff isn't overpowering (fastball sits around 88) and there are some durability concerns, but when healthy, Calero's talent is undeniable. He primarily throws a fastball with some cutting action and a slider. With Kelvim Escobar out to start the season, Calero could become the primary setup man. This also marks the second move the Mets have made consistent with my offseason plan!
Update: Per Joel Sherman, Calero will earn $850K if he makes the team and another $650K in potential performance bonuses.
Update #2: Calero allowed just one home run in 60 innings last year -- to Chan Ho Park's daddy, Fernando Tatis.
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Nice move
Can’t have too many arms in that bullpen.
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by Scent of a Woman on Mar 4, 2010 3:03 PM EST reply actions
Are you "a Baird man?"
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
If all goes well, he can be effective, and everything works out. Yay.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 4, 2010 3:06 PM EST reply actions
Yeah
like the flexibility at the back end.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
TWSS?
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Mar 4, 2010 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Now, I FINALLY know what TWSS means
Dude, I could NOT figure that out.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
you never urbandictionaryed it?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Yeah I know where it came from
I’m saying if you ever see an unfamiliar acronym meme it’s probably on urbandictionary, or encyclopedia dramatica.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Honestly, I saw it the first time last week
hadn’t gotten around to looking it up.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
oh wow
i’m actually more shocked by that. I assumed you meant you’d be seeing it for years.
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Nice move
He better make the team though
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
I don't get how he hasn't been signed yet
and how we got him for a minor league deal. He had a 1.95 ERA and better than a strikeout an inning last year in 67 games last year – even the most stone age GM’s can read those stats and realize he’s good. This boggles my mind, but I’m very happy about it.
2009 Did Not Happen
Aside from health problems
He’s much more effective against righties, career K/BB over 3.5 against righties for his career, he’s very Fly ball heavy (his K/BB against lefties last year was 20/18), he’s consistently had very low HR/FBs (meaning regressed stats like xFIP and tRA* don’t favor him nearly as highly), just a .259 BABIP last year. He’s kind of an oddity because he’s maintained success like this for a while. But CitiField is probably the right kind of ballpark for him to move into if he wants to continue the run of success he’s had when healthy.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Mar 4, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
Forgot to add
Career K/BB against righties is just over 1.5.
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Mark Himmelstein on Mar 4, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Well played Omar
You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.
Great signing.
Omar has actually done a really good job with low risk high reward bullpen signings this off-season. Even if none of them pan out at least the logic was there.
by True Blue4 on Mar 4, 2010 3:56 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Very nice signing for you guys
I was hoping the Braves would sign him (especially if it was only on a minor league contract) but I guess we weren’t interested.
Omar Minaya is my hero!
"I'm not even allowed in Mexico."
by Scott Coleman on Mar 4, 2010 4:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Durability concerns
but for the chump change the mets signed him for, it was a very good move.
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by Hoyadestroya85 on Mar 4, 2010 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
Mills Lane says...
“I’ll allow it.”
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Mar 4, 2010 5:56 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
It's a shame
That MTV had to replace quality programming like Celebrity Deathmatch with the emo shit they have now.
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by Hoyadestroya85 on Mar 4, 2010 6:52 PM EST up reply actions
I thought MTV showed videos...
Pinella: Where th f*ck was that pitch at?
Ump: Lou, don't you know that you're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition?
Pinella: Where the f*ck was that pitch at, a$$h*le?
by Stephen Schmidt on Mar 4, 2010 7:00 PM EST up reply actions
yup, 10 years ago they did
they shouldn’t legally be allowed to call it Music TV anymore
by KeithsMoustache on Mar 4, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
IIRC
he was the other big time prospect to go to OAK in the mulder trade with Haren, but got injured. Kid killed it in FLA last year, I am surprised you never saw him.
by MetsKnicksRutgers on Mar 4, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
I really don't get how '#' = 'C'
How does that work?
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 4, 2010 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know how you didn't hear of him
35 years old, was in St Louis in 03 and 04, and Oakland from 05-08, and the Marlins last year
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
yeah, but he was in the NL, and played against the Mets
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
did you hear about him when people on this site were talking about him nonstop
this entire off-season?
"We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'
it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.
Kiko is our Sean Green replacement.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
Hopefully.
Especially if they still add someone like Beimel. Where would green possibly fit? KRod, Calero, Feliciano, Beimel, Nieve or Figgy, Parnell, Igarashi. That is without Escobar. It would come down to Parnell or Green and I’d much prefer Parnell in that case.
What do we do with Green?
Can we somehow get Joe Smith back? Did Jack Z yell “No backsies!”? That’s an important thing in these here business…
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 5, 2010 6:03 PM EST up reply actions
Question
Is Gary Matthews JR. the only black player on the Met’s 40 man roster?
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