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Friday, December 02, 2005

Angels sign Carrasco

Ugh. What happened to the Angels club that could sign and develop under-priced and under-rated bullpen arms? These days Stoneman insists on wasting big money on marginal talents like Yan and Carrasco. Almost makes you yearn for the lean Disney days.

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Stoneman is getting sloppy, just like Cashman.

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 6:06 PM
If he was left-handed, I'd say this is a good deal, but that guy is 36 and had four seasons with an ERA under 4 (2 under 3). I certainly wouldn't trust him when the game was on the line.

posted by Blogger Bjoern @ 3:07 AM
"Ugh" is right. According to the article on OC Register, they're looking at Carrasco as a possible 5th starter.

The only thing I can think is that they're trying to use this as a bargaining chip (maybe with Byrd?) because it doesn't make any sense to assume that a 36 year old guy with 6 career starts and a max of 88.1 innings pitched in any year (last year) could become a starter. He is at best a journeyman reliever...Esteban Yan part 2.

There has to be something more to this...otherwise we're in some serious trouble next season.

-WarAngel

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 10:22 PM