Brewers have released 2001 first-round draft pick RHP Mike Jones. He was 0-0 with a 0.71 ERA at Nashville in 8 games, with 13 BB in 12.2 IP.
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ERA
Great example of why ERA is a poor stat to use to evaluate a pitcher.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
true, but
how many hits did he give up? If not many, WTF?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 20, 2010 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions
8 in 12 2/3 innings at Nashville
Probably too busy avoiding the strike zone to give anyone something to hit.
I've had it with this verkakte flippity-ship!
1.66 WHIP
that is pretty bad for AAA, but better than some of our regulars on the big team. Lemme guess, got lucky with a low BABIP too?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 21, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
He wasn't even worth a look after all that time?
I was disappointed with the lack of hookers but the pancakes were delightful
True
but after paying a guy to not do his job for 9 years, you expect him to be good at it. He wasn’t, so they let him go.
Shruggity.
Which would make a lot of sense if there weren't 8-10 year guys still on the roster.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 21, 2010 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Does it really matter it was Jones and not one of the other guys who was cut?
If he hadn’t been a first-round pick an elbow and a shoulder ago, it wouldn’t even be news.
I've had it with this verkakte flippity-ship!
It does if he still develops somewhere else.
I get that you think it’s not big deal, and you might be right. But I don’t understand keeping a 28-30 year old AAAA pitcher with 8-10 years in the minors and letting a 27 year old with 9 years in the minors when that player had ability the others never had. Particularly when the numbers on those other guys aren’t any better than Jones’, and they weren’t in this case.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 21, 2010 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Who says he has ability the others never had?
Plenty of AAAA-type pitchers were once regarded as promising prospects as well. Perhaps not first-round, but then Jones now isn’t nearly the guy he was when drafted either. He can probably count himself lucky if he does develop into one of those AAAA pitchers in what little time may still be left in his baseball career.
I do.
And I bet I’m not the only one, not that you’d get a straight answer out of the Brewers FO if you asked them. And he wouldn’t be lucky to develop into the AAAA pitchers, because he already is one. The “what little time may still be left in his baseball career” stuff is part of what bugs me, since he’s 1-3 years younger than other guys with comparable they’re still keeping on the Nashville roster. I doubt he’ll ever have a positive impact on an MLB roster, but he’s got a better shot of doing so than a couple of guys they kept over him.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 22, 2010 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I think the biggest differences between Jones and the other guys...
are injury concerns and the fact that he hasn’t been pitching very well this season.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
He has pitched all of 33.1 innings at the AAA level.
With an ERA of 4.32 and more walks than strikeouts. I have no idea what gives you the impression that any team would be looking at him as a 4A-type pitcher at this point, i.e. a guy who might actually helpful to a big-league club for short stretches of time. He’s barely even roster filler for the AAA level right now.
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