A Bullpen Story
by battlekow on Apr 1, 2008 7:04 PM CDT
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PrintWe were talking yesterday about the Brewers' expensive bullpen, and I wondered if it was the priciest in baseball. Mom always told me the lawn wasn't going to cut itself, so I decided to run the numbers.
According to Cot's Baseball Contracts, the Brewers are second in bullpen spending, to the Yankees (surprise!). They're also one of only four teams with a bullpen budget in excess of $20 million:
- Yankees - $27.5M
- Rivera - $15M
- Farnsworth - $6M
- Hawkins - $3.75M
- Bruney - $750K
- Albaladejo, Chamberlain, Karstens, Ohlendorf, Traber - near min. (~$2M total)
- Brewers - $26.98M
- Gagne - $10M
- Riske - $4M
- Torres - $3.33M
- Mota, Turnbow - $3.2M
- Shouse - $2M
- McClung - $750K
- Choate - $500K
- Angels - $22.1M
- Rodriguez - $10M
- Shields, Speier - $4.25M
- Oliver - $2M
- Bootcheck, Bulger, O'Day, Thompson - near min. (~$1.6M total)
- Mets - $20.78M
- Wagner - $10.5M
- Schoeneweis - $3.6M
- Sosa - $2M
- Heilman, Wise - $1.2M
- Feliciano - $1.025
- Sanchez - $850K
- Smith - near min. (~$400K)
Of course, spending a lot on your bullpen isn't necessarily a negative; wins are what's important (it's not my money). To that end, I added up the WXRL that the top five relievers in each bullpen are projected to accrue:
- Yankees - 7.5
- Chamberlain - 3.0*
- Rivera - 2.9
- Farnsworth - 1.0
- Hawkins - 0.3
- Traber - 0.3
- Red Sox - 7.1
- Papelbon - 3.8
- Okajima - 1.1
- Delcarmen - 1.0
- Tavarez - 0.7
- Timlin - 0.5
- Dodgers - 6.7
- Saito - 2.5
- Broxton - 1.9
- Kuo - 1.1
- Beimel - 0.6
- Proctor - 0.6
- Brewers - 4.2**
- Gagne - 1.8
- Riske - 0.9
- Torres - 0.6
- Shouse - 0.5
- Turnbow - 0.4
*Chamberlain is projected as a starter, so I just arbitrarily assigned him 3.0 WXRL (which would be the #6 total in all of baseball). Hey, this is science, people.
**Mota is projected at 0.3 WXRL.
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oh well
you've got WXRL. It's somethin'... :)
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 1, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
They should move the FanPosts up
I don't know if it's like this for everyone but I can't see them without scrolling down - I think on the old design you could at least see the newest ones.
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grr.
I just tried to tinker, but it looks like something that has to be taken up with the powers that be. For now, we're stuck with the top three sidebar things (recent posts / ad / fanposts) in that order.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 1, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry Jeff.
Apparently it's too important that brewcrewball users know they should vote for some guy on American Idol who looks like he's six.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 1, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
On the bright side
His WHIP is down to an even 3.00, half of what it was going into today.
"He would have been among the league leaders in batting average for a majority of the season had he had enough plate appearances."
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Gallardo return
Long time reader and Brewer's fan. First time poster. When Gallardo returns, is it known who will drop out of the rotation.... Villanuera or Parra? This is for selfish reasons as I will probalby pick up 1 of those 2 in a salary cap fantasy baseball league :)
I've spent most of my life playing softball, the rest of it I have just wasted....
I think
whoever pitches worse over the next week or two.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
Ya, that makes perfect sense. Was hoping something more definitive had already been stated. As this fantasy league is complicated. Very limited on trades but I have to decide by game start time today because Wood is the guy I am trading out of.
I've spent most of my life playing softball, the rest of it I have just wasted....
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