TT: Vidal Nuno becomes front runner for long reliever role

[Tony-OH]

http://www.orioleshangout.com/2017/02/19/vidalnuno/

[weams]

I hope he is at least as effective as T.J. McFarland was, when he was semi-bad. 

[Il BuonO]

Doesn't matter, TJ has probably come to the end of his career in Baltimore.

[Tony-OH]

3 hours ago, weams said:

I hope he is at least as effective as T.J. McFarland was, when he was semi-bad. 

Well that's a low bar to get over. lol

I'd be interested to know why his slider was less effective last year and why he was available so cheaply. Make me wonder if people think he might not be 100%? Pure speculation on my part, but if he can regain that slider he had prior to last year, he should be good in that long reliever role.

[Frobby]

So the Dodgers acquired Nuno by trading away a backup catcher?    I guess that makes Nuno about as valuable as Mark Trumbo was a year ago!    

[Tony-OH]

24 minutes ago, Frobby said:

So the Dodgers acquired Nuno by trading away a backup catcher?    I guess that makes Nuno about as valuable as Mark Trumbo was a year ago!    

Good point. Trumbo though was a significant salary dump while Nuno is due to be paid just over $1 million this year. I guess you could say this is a bit of a salary dump since Nuno was the odd man out on the 40-man roster crunch, but at the end of the day the point is valid that Nuno's value is a backup catcher/8th round low A relief pitcher around baseball. He certainly has the potential to do much better than his value, but at the end of the day, that's his current value.

[Frobby]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

Good point. Trumbo though was a significant salary dump while Nuno is due to be paid just over $1 million this year. I guess you could say this is a bit of a salary dump since Nuno was the odd man out on the 40-man roster crunch, but at the end of the day the point is valid that Nuno's value is of a backup catcher and 8th round low A relief pitcher around baseball. He certainly has the potential to do much better than his value, but at the end of the day, that's his current value.

Yeah, I was just joshing.    Trumbo was slated to make 7-8 times what Nuno is making.    I see Nuno as a left-handed, slightly worse version of Vance Worley, who we got off the waiver wire last year.   

[weams]

The Orioles have considered bringing Clevenger back. 

[sportsfan8703]

A guy with MLB success and one option remaining. Solid move. Especially with Tillman being hurt. That gives us Nuno, verrett and Ynoa as SP depth that we didn't have last year. 

[Frobby]

It's bizarre that Nuno has such a horrible record as a starting pitcher.    In 2014 he had a 4.29 ERA as a starter, but he went 2-12 and his teams went 7-21 when he started.   

[weams]

17 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

A guy with MLB success and one option remaining. Solid move. Especially with Tillman being hurt. That gives us Nuno, verrett and Ynoa as SP depth that we didn't have last year. 

 

[MDtransplant757]

This is interesting, as we still really should see where Gunkel is at. Norfolk will be interesting pitching wise this year. 

[mdbdotcom]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

It's bizarre that Nuno has such a horrible record as a starting pitcher.    In 2014 he had a 4.29 ERA as a starter, but he went 2-12 and his teams went 7-21 when he started.   

His average run support in 2014 was 3.5, same as Gausman and Miley that year.

[SteveA]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

It's bizarre that Nuno has such a horrible record as a starting pitcher.    In 2014 he had a 4.29 ERA as a starter, but he went 2-12 and his teams went 7-21 when he started.   

Maybe Kevin Gausman can teach him how to win.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Maybe Kevin Gausman can teach him how to win.

Gausman is busy right now, get Tillman he doesn't have anything going on.