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I think he might be OK. He was awesome with the White Sox for a while. He did come in Saturday for the Yankees and fan Big Papi. Doesn't get any harder than that. He was a lot more dominating for the White Sox than not. People remember the Boston playoff game, but he was really screwed up then. If his head is on straight, and they use him mostly against lefties, I think he will be a popular member of their bullpen.

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They were absolutely desperate for a lefty specialist anyways. Marte's been one of the better ones around in the past couple of season against lefties IIRC, but there will always be questions about how he handles the pressure.

 

I love Tabata as a prospect, but the Yanks did pretty well here. Shows what you can do when you put some money into the farm system so you can make trades like these.

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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 28, 2008 -> 11:29 AM)
I think he might be OK. He was awesome with the White Sox for a while. He did come in Saturday for the Yankees and fan Big Papi. Doesn't get any harder than that. He was a lot more dominating for the White Sox than not. People remember the Boston playoff game, but he was really screwed up then. If his head is on straight, and they use him mostly against lefties, I think he will be a popular member of their bullpen.

 

Agreed. And while I couldn't stand him in 2005, he was absolutely dominant in 2003 when the Sox were in the playoff chase until September so it isn't like he can't handle the heat of a pennant race. He was an absolute mess in 2005 and needed a change of scenery but he has done well in high pressure situations before.

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He and Ozzie never really got along that well, and Ozzie tended to misuse him a bit at times.

 

There was a time when Damaso Marte was looked at as a closer candidate for the White Sox and it was justified too, so let's not act like he's some super head case. I think as much of that had to do with Ozzie than it did Marte's head alone.

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Did someone post his stats yet, because thats the next step to trying to show Marte is dominant. Thats also the same reason people sign David Riske when fans in Cleveland and Chicago laugh. NYC will eat him alive once he blows a game. Nady is having a tough time already.

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2002 - 2.83 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, K/BB of 4, K/9 of 10.7

2003 - 1.58 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, K/BB of 2.6, K/9 of 9.8

 

his clutch and leverage stats are good too

 

CLUTCH: 2002 2003

LEVERAGE: 2002 2003

 

I've never said anything about his 2004, where he was effective but not dominant, nor his 2005, where he sucked.

 

He was looked at as a potential closer because he was a dominant reliever and the statistics prove it.

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