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Monday, December 13, 2004 |
A Yan For Trouble
The Angels are reportedly close to signing free agent RHP and crude fireballer Esteban Yan. The walking definition of a project, he's got the heat but zero control -- think a Dominican Nuke Laloosh, and you're on the right track. Like I said, the Angels don't have much in the way of a plan; why hire a guy who's only had three sub-4.00 ERAs in his eight-year career, all but one of them in relief? His raw stats last year weren't terrible (7.14 K/9, 2.16 K/BB, 1.74 G/F), but if he were anything besides trouble, you know Detroit would have signed him for something. Look sharp, Angels fans: this signing may be the dead canary warning us that the Angels' vaunted bullpen has finally taken a nosedive.
In that same article: Cleveland is looking to drop out of the Clement race. Also:
Update: It's official, two friggin' years, and an unknown number of dollars. Now in the seventh or eighth inning of every third or fourth game, we'll all be slitting our wrists as Yan comes up to blow another lead. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
In that same article: Cleveland is looking to drop out of the Clement race. Also:
A baseball source also said the Angels and Milwaukee Brewers are discussing a trade that would send an Angels reliever to Milwaukee for utilityman Keith Ginter, who hit 19 home runs and drove in 60 runs in 380 at-bats last year.As a second baseman? Talk about no confidence that either (a) Eckstein will be any good next year, or (b) Kennedy will return and be useful.
Comments:
I wouldn't be too worried yet. Yan probably won't be that costly and it is only for two years. The guy certainly has talent and can be pretty good. Bud Black has proven golden with relief pitching. As far as Ginter goes...it looks like he will be next year's Shane Halter/Eric Owens (why does Stoneman keep getting these guys?).
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