soxfan3530 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Had a pretty damn good under the radar last year. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4727757 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Randy Wolf, Jeff Suppan. Jeff Suppan, Randy Wolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 QUOTE (soxfan3530 @ Dec 9, 2009 -> 01:06 PM) Had a pretty damn good under the radar last year. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4727757 Pitching in a pitcher's park. He had a career low in BABIP (50 points below his career average), most of it was luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 BABIP alone proves a little less than nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 9, 2009 -> 02:57 PM) BABIP alone proves a little less than nothing. For a veteran whose had a long history and a BABIP of around .300, a BABIP of .225 just doesn't fit. In this case, it alone can tell a lot. Of course, you can look at what trajectory the balls were, but in Wolf's case, I don't even think that's necessary. He also had the second lowest BAA in his career. These things correlate. Large ballpark + low BABIP = success. Edited December 9, 2009 by chw42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 9, 2009 -> 05:22 PM) For a veteran whose had a long history and a BABIP of around .300, a BABIP of .225 just doesn't fit. In this case, it alone can tell a lot. Of course, you can look at what trajectory the balls were, but in Wolf's case, I don't even think that's necessary. He also had the second lowest BAA in his career. These things correlate. Large ballpark + low BABIP = success. Not to mention a pretty damn good defense behind him. I don't think Wolf has anywhere near the season in '10 that he had in '09. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Dec 10, 2009 -> 10:47 AM) Not to mention a pretty damn good defense behind him. I don't think Wolf has anywhere near the season in '10 that he had in '09. This has Jeff Suppan written all over it again. I see Wolf with an ERA around 4.50 next season. But that's the price you've got to pay if you can't develop your own pitching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sircaffey Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Wolf hasn't been fully healthy for a while. When he was, he was very good. And he was much better away from Dodger Stadium. I like Randy Wolf. He's not Jeff Suppan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (sircaffey @ Dec 10, 2009 -> 10:24 AM) Wolf hasn't been fully healthy for a while. When he was, he was very good. And he was much better away from Dodger Stadium. I like Randy Wolf. He's not Jeff Suppan. He actually got better away from Petco in 08. And its not like the Astros had a good infield defense, and Minute Maide is still a great hitters park. I like it in the short term. Come year 2, the Brewers are going to regret it, even if Wolf remains effective, and come year 3, s*** will probably hit the fan. Edited December 12, 2009 by witesoxfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SockMe Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 even when healthy is Wolf a $29,000,000 man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaseballNick Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 QUOTE (SockMe @ Dec 12, 2009 -> 01:43 PM) even when healthy is Wolf a $29,000,000 man? He was pretty good last season and the Brewers need a dependable arm in their rotation because Manny Parra is not ready to step up. Wolf actually has a lot of value to them, and that's why they can justify the contract. He's a decent #2 starter in the NL, and that's where he'll be in Milwaukee (behind Gallardo). Fangraphs had him worth $13.6mil last season and projects his 2010 to be worth $13mil. Maybe the Brewers got a slight bargain? I doubt it, though. I think he'll hover around .500 with a 4.00 ERA just as he has his whole career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Dec 13, 2009 -> 06:04 PM) He was pretty good last season and the Brewers need a dependable arm in their rotation because Manny Parra is not ready to step up. Wolf actually has a lot of value to them, and that's why they can justify the contract. He's a decent #2 starter in the NL, and that's where he'll be in Milwaukee (behind Gallardo). Fangraphs had him worth $13.6mil last season and projects his 2010 to be worth $13mil. Maybe the Brewers got a slight bargain? I doubt it, though. I think he'll hover around .500 with a 4.00 ERA just as he has his whole career. If Wolf can do what he did last year for the next 3 then yeah that's a bargain...but the odds of it don't strike me as high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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