Brett Myers

by wadero on Dec 2, 2009 7:47 AM CST

Espn Rumor mill has Brett Myers being link to the 2 Texas teams the Rangers and Astros. They say we can either use him as a Closer or a Starter Behind Oswalt, Wandy, Norris(Myers) and Wright? I know last year he wanted to be a closer. So maybe we have a deal with Hawkins to reamin the set up guy and have Myers becoming our new Closer. I will be really suprised if this happens as Lidge and Myers are Buds and I am sure Lidge has probably Dogged us to him.But then again we have no state Tax!!!!

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I don't think Lidge has any affect on his decision

It’s not like the organization treated him poorly, and they gave him a new beginning. His trade was win-win. I really, really, really hope he comes in. That would make my off season.

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by Evan Hochschild on Dec 2, 2009 11:19 AM CST reply actions

Myers would be an okay signing

I see him more as a starting pitcher than a closer though.

At first glance, his peripherals scream “#3 starter”, ignoring his ERA… he gets a good amount of groundballs, strikes out an above average amount, and walks an average amount. However, the only seasons when this was really reflected in his ERA were 2005 and 2006.

What may have hurt him the most is that he’s consistently given up a lot of long balls. Conventional sabermetric wisdom says that pitchers can’t really control their HR/FB rate, but it’s troubling that he’s managed a 15.5% career rate over as large a sample size as he’s pitched.

Overall, that means even when healthy, he’s been a #4 starter at best for the past few years. I’d rather see him get starts than Moehler, but I wouldn’t want to see a higher upside guy like Paulino kicked out of the rotation for him.

by OremLK on Dec 2, 2009 12:03 PM CST reply actions

Keep in mind that Myers has pitched half his games at a Phillies park which is right up their with cellular field and coors field as HR havens.

by clack on Dec 2, 2009 12:54 PM CST up reply actions

I'm down

as long as the price is right. For under $5M, it’s a high reward scenario. He had a year where he went 13-8 with an ERA under 4. Looking at his overall career, he’s a #4 starter (on a good team) who is also injury prone. An incentive-laden one or two year deal that still leaves room in the payroll for Tejada is a good move IMO. Would definitely like to see him in the rotation, then if he struggles, move him to the ’pen.

Oswalt, Wandy, Myers, Norris, Paulino/Wright/Bazardo/Lopez, Moehler. Not a bad rotation. Especially with a strong bullpen of Byrdak, Arias, Gervacio, Fulchino, Paulino/Wright/Bazardo/Lopez, and Hawkins/Valverde.

by Snake Diggity on Dec 2, 2009 2:27 PM CST reply actions

Given the risks and recent performance issues, I don’t think Myers is worth more than $2 million or so plus incentives. If he signs at that salary, it’s OK with me.

by clack on Dec 2, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions

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