Rubin: Mets, Mike Pelfrey Agree On $5.675 Million Deal

Sounds about right.

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I wish we could be paying him more due to the fact that he earned it.

I always wished he would do better.

by The Root on Jan 17, 2012 12:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Wow. That's a bit high, if you ask me.

He has a 32/34 W/L record, with a cumulative 4.45 ERA over the last three years, an ERA+ of 88, 10 hits per nine, a K/9 rate that has steadily been decreasing, averaging 194 IP during that time. Two of his clunker seasons sandwiching one of his good ones. I would have figured he makes $1 million dollars less than that.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 17, 2012 12:37 PM EST reply actions

Maybe, but

If you assume Arb 3 is supposed to be about 80% of the market value of the player, that would make Pelfrey’s market value right around 7 million. Three year rolling fWAR average of 1.7 would be about there.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Jan 17, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions

wish we can trade him now

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by feslenraster on Jan 18, 2012 8:22 AM EST up reply actions

bit high, IMO

by Mike Clemente on Jan 17, 2012 1:02 PM EST reply actions

A smidge cheaper than I expected, actually

by anonymous on Jan 17, 2012 3:48 PM EST reply actions

YAY

Paying $6 million for a terrible pitcher is just so awesome. I’m really high on Pelf this year though; I bet if he works really hard and the defense gets better, he can rise to just outside of the 10 worst xFIPs in baseball. I know he can do it!!!

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by Syler on Jan 17, 2012 4:52 PM EST reply actions

A high percentage of the available limited payroll...

to a blah back end of the rotation starter who may toss a lot of innings – but lousy innings. Way to much to pay for what little impact he has. But since he’s signed, I hope they manage to trade him to some contenter who has a starter or two drop between here and the season opener. Pelfrey doesn’t budge the meter on the Mets potential for this year, or next and he’s an expensive placeholder, though hopefully he can bring something more interesting in a later trade.

by Cranky50 on Jan 17, 2012 5:06 PM EST reply actions

That's a lot of licking.

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on Jan 17, 2012 8:56 PM EST reply actions

There's a Mets classic on SNY right now

where he pitches against the Red Sox, I forgot how much he actually licked his hand, both sides and everything. Yikes. If only he could mix his pitches together and get groundballs like he used to, he’d be decent.

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by piazza62 on Jan 17, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions