Cashner signing

[weams]

 

[Redskins Rick]

Just now, weams said:

 

I hope he pitches well enough to max out!!!!

[interloper]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

He walks too many and doesn't strike out enough.  And despite that he had a successful season.

Sounds like Gallardo.  Same team even.

That's fine, I maintain that they are very different pitchers. By the time Gallardo got here, he had almost no differential between his fastball and changeup. His arm was toast. Not the case with Cashner. 

You can have the same peripherals and different levels of success.

[Can_of_corn]

I am going to repost this piece I found on reddit's baseball page.

 

[jabba72]

2 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

As a #3 slotted SP, he will be fine here. You can pencil him for 180 innings!

Except that he's only thrown 180 innings in a season once. And he turns 32 soon. His durability is a question, but I'll gladly take him at this point. He is a stud compared to most of our staff. 

[maybenxtyr]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think any of us have a problem with him at the price given the team's current options.

Yeah...usually I don't care for most of the FA signings regardless of the teams standings. 

I'm not convinced that his groundball success will help him in Baltimore as much as it did in Texas.

[weams]

4 minutes ago, baltfan said:

Interesting that his fastball velocity increased as the season went on although his K rate wasn't really affected.

https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxo.aspx?playerid=8782&position=P&pitch=FA&data=pi

 

 

 

Not a soft-tossing crafty dude. 

[Redskins Rick]

Cashner is still only 30!

[TommyPickles]

He would have been our best starter last year.

 

 

[jabba72]

$8M/2 years with a vesting option is definitely a fair signing for a #3.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Redskins Rick said:

Cashner is still only 30!

He's an old 30. 

[weams]

2 minutes ago, interloper said:

That's fine, I maintain that they are very different pitchers. By the time Gallardo got here, he had almost no differential between his fastball and changeup. His arm was toast. Not the case with Cashner. 

You can have the same peripherals and different levels of success.

I agree with you. Not a sore arm dude. 

[Redskins Rick]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

He's an old 30. 

My bad, 31, still young than Colon.

[interloper]

His 2015 numbers feel like a reasonable guess to me: 4.34, 1.440, -0.9 WAR. But 188 innings.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, weams said:

I agree with you. Not a sore arm dude. 

Hargan, Viola, Chacon.