August 20, 2008

Hard To Believe They Weren't Wanted

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By wrigleyville

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MLB Trade Rumors notes that Eric Gagne, David Riske and David Weathers all cleared waivers.

This is the same Eric Gagne, by the way, that inspired this lovely bit of prose at Brew Crew Ball:

If Marmol stays the closer, I'd say he's even with Gagne, and Wood is much less likely to be a clear win over Turnbow.

Care to revisit that, Mr. Sackmann?

Carlos Marmol, 2.77 ERA, 91 Ks, 34 BBs in 68 innings
Eric Gagne, 6.68 ERA, 17 Ks, 19 BBs in 31 innings

Kerry Wood, 2.66 ERA, 61 Ks, 41 BBs in 50 2/3 innings
Derrick Turnbow, 15.63 ERA, 5 Ks, 13 BBs in 6 1/3 innings

Sometimes it's useful to revisit such things.

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3 Comments on "Hard To Believe They Weren't Wanted"

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Posted by <img src="http://www.blogger.c, August 20, 2008 10:30 PM

I'm actually surprised that they put Riske on waivers... he isn't that bad, and could do a passable Dweezil Zappa in a costume contest.Of the three, I'd gladly take Weathers... He's not good, but he's better than what we got. Knowing Ned, though, he'd try to start him. I think Davey Lopes or Phil Garner tried it umpteen years ago. God, shoot me now.

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Posted by <img src="http://www.blogger.c, August 21, 2008 8:40 AM

Turnbow is awesome

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Posted by <img src="http://www.blogger.c, August 21, 2008 1:18 PM

d'amico's:I'm not surprised. Most teams put a bunch of guys on the revocable waiver wire. There's no risk to it, as teams can pull back players any time. Most teams know which guys teams would be willing to part with and which ones they wouldn't, so anyone putting a claim on Riske would have to be making a serious trade offer. Occasionally, you can dump a really lousy contract off your hands to a desperate team trying to stay in contention.

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