Monday, December 26, 2005 |
Rangers Sign Kevin Millwood
Update: MLB.com narrows the price between $11M and $12M/year. ABC News says the contract is 5 years/$60M, with the fifth year voidable if Millwood doesn't throw enough innings. Did Chan Ho Park leave them with a bad taste in their mouth?
Analysis: Clearly, once the Rangers lost Kenny Rogers -- a move made inevitable after he did his best Sean Penn imitation by punching out KDFW cameraman Larry Rodriguez -- they had to do something to install a guy to lead the rotation. Whether Millwood is that guy is another question. He seems to me to be one of those pitchers who, having had Leo Mazzone's magic wand waved over him once, has become a guy that the Phillies and Indians have hoped would rediscover his 1999 form, when he had a 2.68 ERA and a 3.48 K/BB ratio. Last year, the Indians got that guy, but for most of his career he's been a barely above-average pitcher. Because he's a free agent this year, he'll certainly collect an astonishing paycheck for five years of mediocrity -- and it might be worse than that because of the park affects at Nitromethane Park At Arlington.
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