Monday, February 2, 2009
Mets Sign Perez
Pending a physical, the New York Mets have just signed Oliver Perez. It was pretty much assumed he would more than likely return to the mets. Now that he has, does this change opinions of this team in NL? Does this signing boost their rotation as much as some are predicting it will. Or, is it just another over-priced overrated signing of a Big Named team needing to save face since the cooling off of their offseason bullpen free agent/trade explosion?
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I did my rankings assuming the Perez would sign with them, so it doesn't bump them up at all for me. I currently have their rotation ranked 8th in MLB.
is it just their rotation or is it including their bullpen as well?
Eh mostly just rotation. You can look more into bullpen in your team by team columns if you want. Ranking 30 bullpens isn't the easiest thing in the world.
Also, how would you rank a bullpen? Combine stats? A bad rotation, may have a great bullpen, unfortunately, their numbers may not look as good. A bullpen that comes in after Johan just threw 8 shutout innings has it easier than a bullpen that follows Snell, and has to pitch 5 innings. Do you see where I am trying to go with this Offord? I cannot think of a way to state it.
I do, and I am a strong believer that a strong bullpen is just as important as a strong rotation. Case in point, I simmed over 150 seasons on Sammy Sosa Baseball 2000 for my PC (which I unfortunately lost when my comp finally died). It is a decent way to pass time when I was bored. Anyway, I of course kept track of all stats and played GM and all that, and noticed, among many others, two obvious trends:
1) Unless my rotation was amazing, like everyone under a 3.50 ERA, the bullpen was actually MORE important to success than a decent rotation (And on a side note, by success I mean # regular season wins and WS wins, because I made the playoffs every season I played the game...yea it was that easy).
2) Hitters almost always peak at age 27.
Granted, this was a game, but I believe these trends hold true to MLB.
I think I have read that somewhere else, that players tend to peak at 27.
And I completely agree. Great teams have to have a balance between the two. Good teams have that long reliever who can bail the starter out in the 3rd, while the offense chips away at the score. Bad teams have Ryan Vogelsong.
Ryan Vogelsong or John Van Benschoten. Has any successful pitcher's last name ever started with a V?
I hear JVB might get a good look for the rotation in Chicago. Whoever wrote that needs to be shot, unless by rotation they meant backup "white flag" option.
I guess the White Sox are looking for a sub-8.00 ERA type pitcher. JVB is their man then.
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