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srh523 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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His career K rate is over 10!

BTW, in 91.1 IP in 2005 and 2006, his BB rate was 4.23...Certainly not great but not god awful.

This year it was awful(almost 6)...Last year, in his first real full year, it was 4.75.

Be good to see him in the 3.5-4 range.

Do that and get his HR rate way down and improve the gb/fb ratio and you have a guy who be a dominant reliever.

He would be under our control for a while as well.

He is a great pickup for us. Very low risk/high reward.

Cabrera, Liz, Hoey and how bout DCab? That would be some heat!

I like Hoey at closer though because of his MiLb K/BB ratio.

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Sports Guy Hangout Grand Counsel

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Does this signing possibly make someone in the bullpen expendable in a trade that otherwise might not have been?

Hopefully we will try and trade Bradford and/or Walker.

I think it depends on the philosophy.

I think Baez should be the closer...Let him close for the first half of the year...If he sucks, DFA him or trade him or whatever...If he pitches very well, trade him.

I like the idea of 2 starter in the pen as well.

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No...He doesn't have nearly enough service time...Same with Guthrie.

Can you explain the service time thing? The article clearly says that they are looking to sign him through the end of the year.

The Orioles are drawing close to an agreement on a minor league contract with former Cleveland Indians reliever Fernando Cabrera for the rest of the 2007 season.
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Sports Guy Hangout Grand Counsel

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Can you explain the service time thing? The article clearly says that they are looking to sign him through the end of the year.

You have to have 6 years of service time before you are a FA.

The reason it is just signing him through this year is because that is all you have to sign him for...He is arb eligible for the next 4-5 years.

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Well, I meant solely arb eligible. I know he is arb eligible when he is a free agent as well.
No, you can go to arbitration within your first 6 years of service time up to...6 times. Many players go 4 times, including Erik Bedard if he goes that route (Super-2's). If a guy signs an MLB contract out of the draft, as soon as that MLB contract is over, he is arb eligible every year until he reaches 6 years service time. If its a 4 year deal, and he spends the first 3 years in the minors, after his rookie year he would be arb eligible for the next 5 seasons and then be a free agent.
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