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Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... been speculated by many that Ollie’s going to seek roughly 5 years at around $15 million per, with Carlos Silva’s contract being the main benchmark. Why in the world he got a 4-year, $48 million deal is beyond me . Thanks alot, Carlos… In the 2008 season, Perez pitched himself to a 10-7 record, while striking out 180 in 194 innings with a 4.22 ERA. I like Ollie, I really do,...
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Portly: “The Mariners won’t say what the man nicknamed “Buffalo” weighed at the end of the season, although it clearly wasn’t a four-pound difference. It was more like 30.” Buffalo, of course, is the one, the only, Carlos Silva. (Herald Net via Intern Bill)
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... Dempster would sign for much more than this wherever he wound up, as it's only $4MM more than Carlos Silva received in 2007. Dempster put up a great 2008, but it's hard to imagine him repeating those numbers for 2009. I wasn't a Dempster believer, so it'll take a strong repeat in 2009 to convince me that this is a good signing. Additional reactions on this one here . The Giants signed...
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Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
-P- The Cubs have re-signed Ryan Dempster for four years and $52 million , which seems like quite a lot to give someone who was having a perfectly mediocre career until this year. It beats $48 million for Carlos Silva , I suppose. Dempster was thoroughly good in 2008--his excellent ERA wasn't entirely the result of a fluky BABIP, or anything like that (although he did strand a few more...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... job has become a managerial graveyard. If that's the case, the gravediggers are Ramirez, Weaver, Carlos Silva, Scott Spiezio, Rich Aurilia ... wait, let's break off the Bavasi endless loop. Cookie, please.Better.Inexplicably, many fans attach potent powers to the job of a major league manager. But little has changed since the day when legendary manager Casey Stengel observed his primary...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
The winner will be announced in a few hours, and I’d love to see catcher of the Twins take the prize. Mauer guided a young Twins pitching staff that lost Johan Santana and Carlos Silva to Game 163 of the regular season, while leading the league in batting average at .328 and placing second in on-base percentage at .413. Mauer doesn’t hit many homers, true, but he did win a Gold Glove...
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
... essentially said minaya expects perez to seek a contract similar to the four-year deal given to Carlos Silva , which, according to minaya, had a major impact on the market for starting pitchers … The Mets do not intend on pursuing any big-time offensive players, including Manny Ramirez or Orlando Hudson . Instead, Minaya intends to start the season with Luis Castillo at second, Carlos...
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U.S.S. Mariner (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... gap power. If anyone’s a candidate to pull a Ryan Ludwick and develop late, it’s Linden. Cassel is Carlos Silva - his fastball tops out at 88, he’s got a sinker that gets an average amount of groundballs, he doesn’t have an out pitch, but he tries to make up for it by pounding the strike zone. Maybe you don’t think we need two Carlos Silva’s, but at the very least, he...
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SportsProf (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Barry Zito. Kevin Brown. Darren Dreifort. Carlos Silva. Those are just some examples of teams inking free-agent pitchers to long-term deals, only to have them blow up in their faces. John Donovan of Sports Illustrated.com wrote this excellent piece on why it might not be such a good idea for any team to offer CC Sabathia the huge bucks that he's asking. Why? Despite the excellent work...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... Dempster something in the range of Kyle Lohse 's four years, $41MM. Teams don't like to use the Carlos Silva deal as a benchmark, because it was such a clear mistake.
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MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... for Perez, but Boras almost certainly will want more for Perez than the Mariners gave right-hander Carlos Silva last offseason,” i.e., a four-year, $48 million contract. Meanwhile, the Cubs are willing to give free-agent RHP Ryan Dempster a four-year contract, reports Rosenthal. … in other words, if dempster gets a four-year deal, and silva got a four-year deal last year, the...
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U.S.S. Mariner (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... Oswalt, John Lackey, and maybe a few people would argue for Tim Lincecum, Cliff Lee, Dan Haren, or Carlos Zambrano. Regardless of the specifics, that’s basically your pool of guys who would be in the discussion. Of those 12 guys, Beckett and Lackey are the only ones with World Series titles. Those guys have combined for something like 100 pitcher seasons, and 97% of the time, it has ended...
